Bengaluru, Sept 3: The slide of Indian rupee continued against the US dollar as it crashed below the 90-mark in trade Tuesday while markets turned red falling over 400 points. The domestic currency opened 55 paise lower in the Interbank Forex Markets at 71.95 against the greenback, as the outflow of foreign investors from Indian markets continued. The rupee continued to depreciate further and touched the mark of 72.30 against the dollar, down 90 paise.
Meanwhile, the 30-share index was trading 518.63 points, or 1.39 per cent, lower at 36814.16 at 1.28 PM, while the broader Nifty sank 148.65 points, or 1.35 per cent, to 10,874.60.
Traders suggest that it is the continued outflow by foreign investors. “The growth numbers were not supporting. And there was no major support from Asian markets as well. So FIIs continued selling,” traders said.
The rupee gained 38 paise to close at a two-week high of 71.50 against the US dollar on Friday on renewed hopes of US-China trade talks. The higher surcharge on the ‘super-rich’ in the budget and lack of fiscal stimulus had triggered the sell-off by FIIs in Indian markets. However, the move was rolled back two weeks back.
In the previous session on Friday, the BSE ended 263.86 points higher at 37,332.79, while the Nifty rose 74.95 points to close at 11,023.25. Financial markets remained closed on Monday on account of 'Ganesh Chaturthi'.
Top losers in the Sensex pack in early trade on Tuesday included Tata Motors, Tata Steel, ICICI Bank, ONGC, HDFC, M&M, NTPC, Vedanta, ITC and SBI, which fell up to 4 per cent.
On the other hand, IT stocks rallied as the rupee depreciated 65 paise against its previous close to trade at 72.07 in early session. TechM, HCL Tech, TCS and Infosys jumped up to 2 per cent.
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