The rupee commenced the week on a negative note on the currency market on Monday amid rising demand for dollars, dealers said. The rupee extended the weekend fall, losing another six paisa for buying and selling at 85.51 and 85.56, they said.
The plunge in the Nikkei share average also prompted a sell-off in currencies that thrive when there is increased risk appetite, such as the Australian and New Zealand dollars. The yen had advanced sharply on Friday on talk of repatriation flows as the disaster unfolded and was seen likely to extend gains especially if Japanese insurers try to raise funds by selling overseas holdings.
On Monday the country was battling to prevent a nuclear catastrophe and to care for millions of people without power and water. The greenback tumbled as low as 80.60 yen on electronic trading platform EBS, 1 yen away from a historic trough of 79.75 yen hit in 1995. But news of the BoJ's offer to inject a record $183 billion in to the money market helped the dollar pull away from the day's low.
Inter-bank buy/sell rates for taka against dollar on Monday : 71.72/71.79 (previous 71.71/71.72) Call Money Rates: 11.00-12.00 percent (previous 8.00-12.00 percent.
Indian rupee was at Rs 45.24 against dollar, Malaysian ringgit was available at 3.0405 in terms of the greenback and Chinese yuan was trading at 6.5697 versus dollar.

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Open Buying     Rs 85.50
Open Selling    Rs 85.65
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Buying          Rs 85.51
Selling         Rs 85.56
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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     12.75      13.75      13.00       13.80       13.33
1-Week        12.00      13.00      12.95       13.10       12.76
2-Week        11.90      13.00      12.95       13.10       12.74
1-Month       12.00      12.95      12.95       13.05       12.74
2-Months      12.50      13.15      13.15       13.25       13.01
3-Months      12.50      13.20      13.20       13.30       13.05
4-Months      13.00      13.30      13.25       13.35       13.23
5-Months      13.20      13.45      13.40       13.50       13.39
6-Months      13.35      13.50      13.45       13.55       13.46
9-Months      13.40      13.60      13.50       13.65       13.54
1-Year        13.45      13.60      13.55       13.65       13.56
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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     12.75      13.75      13.10       13.80       13.35
1-Week        12.10      13.10      13.15       13.25       12.90
2-Week        11.95      13.15      13.10       13.25       12.86
1-Month       12.70      13.25      13.10       13.30       13.09
2-Months      13.00      13.40      13.30       13.50       13.30
3-Months      13.10      13.60      13.40       13.70       13.45
4-Months      13.25      13.65      13.45       13.75       13.53
5-Months      13.40      13.70      13.50       13.75       13.59
6-Months      13.50      13.75      13.70       13.90       13.71
9-Months      13.60      13.80      13.75       13.95       13.78
1-Year        13.50      13.90      13.80       14.00       13.80
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