The Indian rupee rose to its highest in a week against the dollar on Tuesday helped by gains in the local share market and lower oil prices, which eased concerns over a widening trade deficit. The partially convertible rupee ended at 42.23/24 per dollar, off an intraday high of 42.20.
Its strongest since July 28, and gaining 0.6 percent from Monday's close of 42.49/50. "Since oil is lower people are squaring long dollar positions. Offshore is also lower due to oil, so there was selling pressure, and even equities closed positive," said L. Subramanian, chief dealer at ICICI Bank.