The Indian rupee on tuesday higher 05 paise to close at 87.68 per dollar, while it opened at 87.73 in the morning.
At close, the Sensex was down 849.37 points or 1.04 percent at 80,786.54, and the Nifty was down 255.70 points or 1.02 percent at 24,712.05. About 1167 shares advanced, 2751 shares declined, and 125 shares unchanged.