<p class="title">The rupee opened on a weak note and declined by 19 paise to 69.45 against the US dollar in opening trade Thursday, ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy decision.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Forex traders said, foreign fund outflows and rising crude oil prices also kept pressure on the Indian rupee.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The RBI's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is slated to announce its bi-monthly policy decision later in the day.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The rupee opened weak at 69.41 at the interbank forex market and then fell further to 69.45, down 19 paise over its last close.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The rupee had settled at 69.26 against the US dollar Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Indian bonds and Forex markets were closed Wednesday on account of Id-Ul-Fitr.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Forex traders said a cautious opening in domestic equities weighed on the local unit.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, rose 0.25 per cent to USD 60.78 per barrel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) remained net sellers in the capital markets, pulling out Rs 416.08 crore Tuesday, as per provisional data.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Domestic bourses opened on a cautious note Thursday with benchmark indices Sensex trading 85.04 points down at 39,998.50 and Nifty down 42.60 points at 11,979.05.</p>
<p class="title">The rupee opened on a weak note and declined by 19 paise to 69.45 against the US dollar in opening trade Thursday, ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy decision.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Forex traders said, foreign fund outflows and rising crude oil prices also kept pressure on the Indian rupee.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The RBI's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is slated to announce its bi-monthly policy decision later in the day.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The rupee opened weak at 69.41 at the interbank forex market and then fell further to 69.45, down 19 paise over its last close.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The rupee had settled at 69.26 against the US dollar Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Indian bonds and Forex markets were closed Wednesday on account of Id-Ul-Fitr.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Forex traders said a cautious opening in domestic equities weighed on the local unit.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, rose 0.25 per cent to USD 60.78 per barrel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) remained net sellers in the capital markets, pulling out Rs 416.08 crore Tuesday, as per provisional data.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Domestic bourses opened on a cautious note Thursday with benchmark indices Sensex trading 85.04 points down at 39,998.50 and Nifty down 42.60 points at 11,979.05.</p>