The Indian rupee opened 7 paise higher against the US dollar on Thursday tracking gains in Asian peers amid a weak US currency after the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates, which analysts believe to be the last rate hike by the central bank. The local unit opened at 81.93 as compared to the previous close of 82.00.
Today the stock market opened with a boom. Today, the BSE Sensex opened at a level of 66880.53 points with a gain of about 173.33 points. On the other hand, the NSE's Nifty opened at a level of 19835.40 points with a gain of 57.10 points. A total of 2,086 companies opened for trading on BSE today.