17/04/2012 03:33 AST

The rupee on Monday fell by 37 paise to close at a near three-month low of 51.67/68 against the US currency following heavy dollar demand from importers and some banks amid strong dollar overseas.

Fresh dollar demand from importers and some banks in view of strong dollar in international market mainly affected the rupee value, a dealer said.

The marginal decrease in headline inflation found mark in investors sentiment ahead of RBI's annual policy announcement tomorrow. The BSE benchmark Sensex ended higher by 56.44 points, or 0.33 per cent on Monday.

At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, the domestic unit opened lower at 51.61/62 a dollar from the last close 51.30/31. The rupee dropped further to 51.75 per dollar before ending at 51.67/68 per dollar.

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