The Indian rupee opened 34 paise lower against the US dollar Friday on broader strength in the greenback after better-than-expected US gross domestic product. The local currency opened at 82.27 a dollar as compared to the previous close of 81.93.
Today the stock market opened with a fall. Today, the BSE Sensex opened at a level of 66155.56 points with a fall of 111.26 points. On the other hand, the Nifty of NSE opened at a level of 19631.50 points with a fall of 28.40 points. A total of 2,077 companies opened for trading on BSE today.