Rupee closes at 60.60 against US dollar

The Rupee today closes at 60.60 against the US dollar, up 0.51%. The rupee slipped by 14 paise to 60.43 per dollar in the morning trade today as against previous day's closing value of 60.29 a dollar.

At 3:40pm, the rupee is trading up 0.45% at 60.56 against the US dollar.

The Sensex closed at 27,265, down 55 points, while NSE Nifty closed at 8,153, down 21 points.

BSE Mid-cap closed up 0.51% at 9,843 points, while BSE Small-cap closed up 0.31% at 10,886 points.

Cipla, Coal India, IndusInd Bank, ITC, Tata Motors and Bank of Baroda were among the gainers on NSE, whereas Tech Mahindra, Asian Paints, HCL Technologies, DLF, Bajaj Auto and L&T were among the losers today.

The INDIA VIX was down 0.27% at 12.75. It hit a high of 13.04 and a low of 11.01.