Firmness prevailed on the currency market on Tuesday as the rupee struggled to bring back some lustre in process of easy supply of dollars, dealers said. The rupee inched up by one paisa against dollar for buying at 85.84 and it also rose by two paisa for selling at 85.88, they said.
In the second Asian trad dollar held just a yen above its 1995 record low against the Japanese currency on Tuesday, prompting Japanese policy-makers to remind the market that Tokyo might intervene if pushed to stop its currency from rising.
The yuan has generally fallen since the rate increase was announced last Tuesday, pulling back from a 2-plus percent rise from early September to mid-October, its quickest pace of appreciation since its landmark revaluation in July 2005. Interbank buy/sell rates for taka against dollar on Tuesday.: 70.7900/70.8450 (previous 70.65/70.75) Call Money Rates: 4.50-6.00 percent (previous 4.50-6.10) percent).
Indian rupee was trading at Rs 44.35 versus the dollar and Malaysian ringgit was available at 3.096 in terms of the US currency.

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Open Buying      Rs 85.90
Open Selling     Rs 86.05
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Buying           Rs 85.84
Selling          Rs 85.88
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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    12.00     13.10      12.40       13.25         12.69
1-Week       11.40     12.25      12.20       12.30         12.04
2-Week       11.50     12.25      12.25       12.35         12.09
1-Month      11.75     12.40      12.30       12.45         12.23
2-Months     12.20     12.50      12.45       12.60         12.44
3-Months     12.30     12.65      12.60       12.75         12.58
4-Months     12.50     12.75      12.75       12.80         12.70
5-Months     12.55     12.90      12.85       13.00         12.83
6-Months     12.60     12.90      12.80       13.00         12.83
9-Months     12.70     13.00      12.95       13.10         12.94
1-Year       12.80     13.00      13.00       13.15         12.99
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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    12.00     13.10      12.50       13.25         12.71
1-Week       11.50     12.30      12.20       12.35         12.09
2-Week       11.60     12.35      12.20       12.40         12.14
1-Month      12.20     12.50      12.40       12.60         12.43
2-Months     12.40     12.75      12.70       12.85         12.68
3-Months     12.50     13.10      12.90       13.25         12.94
4-Months     12.60     13.15      13.00       13.25         13.00
5-Months     12.70     13.20      13.10       13.30         13.08
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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