The rupee opened at 78.50 a dollar and touched a fresh record low of 78.68. At 10.40am, the home currency was trading at 78.65, down 0.4% from its previous close of 78.35.
Silver had a fairly steep correction but today there is a bounce back in both gold and silver. Priti Gupta, director, Anand Rathi Commodities in an intervieew to CNBC-TV18 suggests buying silver at Rs 57,000/kg.