The rupee on Thursday ended at 61.92, down a mere paisa, against the greenback in thin trade.
At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market here the rupee resumed lower at 61.93 as against yesterday's closing level of 61.91 per dollar. It dropped further to 61.95 per dollar on initial dollar demand from banks and importers on the back of strength in US currency in the overseas market.
However, the rupee recovered from initial losses to 61.8625 on selling of dollars by banks and exporters in view of persistent foreign capital inflows into equity market. It ended at 61.92 per dollar, down one paisa or 0.02 per cent.
It hovered in a range of 61.86 and 61.95 per dollar during the day.
In London, the euro traded around a 2-year low against the dollar today on hopes the European Central Bank would unveil new stimulus measures later in the day.
In New York, the ICE US dollar index rose yesterday to its highest level since March 2006 as the dollar rally gained momentum, spurred in part by a strong gauge of service-sector growth in the US economy.
Meanwhile, the Indian benchmark Sensex rose by 120.11 points or 0.42 per cent.
The benchmark six-month premium payable in May softened to 220-222 paise from 222.5-224.5 paise previously and forward contracts maturing in November 2015 moved down to 432.5-434.5 paise from 434-436 paise.
The Reserve Bank of India fixed the reference rate for dollar at 61.8771 and for the Euro at 76.1274.
The rupee fell back against the pound to 97.08 from 96.96 yesterday, while it hardened to 76.25 per euro from 76.36.
It also strengthened to 51.61 per 100 Japanese yen from 51.85.
