Rupee recovers 10 paise to 66.04

After a brief overnight fall, the rupee recovered by 10 paise to settle at 66.04 against the American currency on fresh selling of dollar by banks and exporters amid a smart rebound in local equity markets   Intraday Trading Tips

The domestic unit opened sharply higher at 65.95 per dollar against Wednesday's closing level of 66.14 at theInterbank Foreign Exchange market and rallied further to touch an intra-day high of 65.86 following heavy dollar unwinding by banks and corporates.

However, the local currency turned highly volatile in late afternoon trade to reverse its initial robust gains and slipped back to hit a low of 66.14   Nifty Trading Tips

Later, it regained some lost ground to settle at 66.04, showing a gain of 10 paise, or 0.15 per cent.

The rupee had softened 4 paise yesterday  Himanshu Tiwari Astrologer Blog

The US dollar firmed up to a four-day high against the other major currencies ahead of US second-quarter GDP data release later in the day, but movements were capped after New York Fed President William Dudley commented that the prospect of a September rate hike "seems less compelling" than it was only weeks ago in the midst of global turmoil.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback's strength against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, was up by 0.19 per cent at 95.48   Indian Stock Market  Astrology Prediction

The benchmark Sensex shot up by 516.63 points, or 2.01 per cent to end at 26,231.19.