Rupee jumps 46 paise at 61.72 against dollar

Mumbai: The rupee soared by 46 paise to trade at a fresh one-month high of 61.72 against the dollar in early trade on Thursday at the Interbank Foreign Exchange after the RBI cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 7.75 per cent.

Forex dealers said besides a higher opening in the domestic equity market and dollar's weakness against other Asian currencies also supported the rupee.

The rupee had ended four paise lower at 62.18 on fresh dollar demand from banks and importers in yesterday's trade in view of fall in crude oil prices.

Meanwhile, the benchmark BSE Sensex zoomed by 600.77 points, or 2.19 per cent, to 27,947.59 in opening trade today.