The rupee failed to break the jinx on Thursday, hitting all-time low versus the dollar on both open and interbank markets, dealers said. The rupee lost eight paisa against the dollar for buying at 86.28. It shed seven paisa for selling at 86.32, they said.
Commenting on the present trend in the currency market, some money experts said as a result of excessive dollar buying to clear oil import payments, the rupee lost its firmness against the US currency.
Some dealers said even though there had been some foreign inflows, they were not enough to help strengthen the rupee. They expect the PKR to weaken further. The rupee has lost 1.19 percent of its value this year, after falling 6.17 percent in 2009, they added. In the fourth Asian trade, the euro extended its losses against the dollar and yen after Ireland's central bank put the price of bailing out Anglo Irish Bank at 34 billion euros ($46 billion).
The euro initially held steady against the dollar after the announcement but then came under pressure. The euro also dropped against yen, with its losses gaining steam after triggering stop-loss offers below 113.50 yen, traders said. Yuan closed lower against the dollar on Thursday, but the Chinese currency in September scored its biggest monthly gain since its landmark revaluation in July 2005. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) engineered a pullback in the yuan against the dollar on Thursday after it had generally allowed the yuan to rise in the month. The move was seen as signalling that Beijing may heed US appeals to let the yuan appreciate but it has a limit to what it may concede. Malaysian ringgit was available at 3.0845 versus the dollar and Chinese yuan was trading at 6.6909 in terms of the greenback.

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Open Buying      Rs 86.30
Open Selling     Rs 86.50
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Buying           Rs 86.28
Selling          Rs.86.32
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Repo Rates (Yield p a)
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Tenor      Low Bid   High Bid   Low Offer   High Offer    Average
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Overnight    10.50      11.25      10.60       11.50        10.96
1-Week       11.15      12.10      11.90       12.20        11.84
2-Week       11.35      12.40      12.10       12.50        12.09
1-Month      11.75      12.40      12.25       12.50        12.23
2-Months     12.25      12.70      12.50       12.80        12.56
3-Months     12.40      12.75      12.60       12.85        12.65
4-Months     12.50      12.75      12.75       12.85        12.71
5-Months     12.60      12.90      12.85       13.00        12.84
6-Months     12.60      12.90      12.90       13.00        12.85
9-Months     12.65      13.00      12.95       13.10        12.93
1-Year       12.65      13.00      13.00       13.15        12.95
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Call Rates (Yield p a)
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Tenor      Low Bid   High Bid   Low Offer   High Offer    Average
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Overnight    10.50      11.25      10.60       11.50        10.96
1-Week       11.50      12.25      12.00       12.35        12.03
2-Week       11.75      12.50      12.20       12.60        12.26
1-Month      12.25      12.50      12.60       12.75        12.53
2-Months     12.40      12.80      12.80       12.95        12.74
3-Months     12.50      12.90      12.85       13.00        12.81
4-Months     12.60      13.00      13.00       13.10        12.93
5-Months     12.70      13.10      13.10       13.20        13.03
6-Months     12.80      13.25      12.90       13.35        13.08
9-Months     12.90      13.30      13.10       13.40        13.18
1-Year       13.10      13.40      13.20       13.45        13.29
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