<p>Mumbai: The rupee opened flat at 83.73 against the US currency on Tuesday as the dollar remained firm in overseas markets.</p><p>At the interbank currency exchange, the rupee opened firm at 83.73 and was trading in the range of 83.73 to 83.74 in early trade.</p><p>Forex traders said a decline in crude oil prices supported the rupee but firm dollar overseas restricted gains for the domestic unit. Month-end dollar demand as well as forex outflows also kept the rupee in a tight range.</p><p>The rupee continued to trade flat at 83.73 against the US dollar at 9.45 am.</p><p>In the domestic equity market, the 30-share BSE Sensex rose 67 points to 81,423.53, while Nifty advanced 25 points to 24,861.35 in early trade on Tuesday.</p>.Markets turn flat in highly volatile trade.<p>The Sensex had advanced 23.12 points, or 0.03 per cent, to settle at 81,355.84 points, on Monday.</p><p>Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was at 104.6070, marginally up 0.04 per cent.</p><p>Brent crude futures -- the global oil benchmark -- slipped 0.33, or 0.41 per cent, to $79.45 per barrel.</p><p>Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers in the capital markets on Monday, selling shares worth Rs 2,474.54 crore, according to exchange data.</p>
<p>Mumbai: The rupee opened flat at 83.73 against the US currency on Tuesday as the dollar remained firm in overseas markets.</p><p>At the interbank currency exchange, the rupee opened firm at 83.73 and was trading in the range of 83.73 to 83.74 in early trade.</p><p>Forex traders said a decline in crude oil prices supported the rupee but firm dollar overseas restricted gains for the domestic unit. Month-end dollar demand as well as forex outflows also kept the rupee in a tight range.</p><p>The rupee continued to trade flat at 83.73 against the US dollar at 9.45 am.</p><p>In the domestic equity market, the 30-share BSE Sensex rose 67 points to 81,423.53, while Nifty advanced 25 points to 24,861.35 in early trade on Tuesday.</p>.Markets turn flat in highly volatile trade.<p>The Sensex had advanced 23.12 points, or 0.03 per cent, to settle at 81,355.84 points, on Monday.</p><p>Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was at 104.6070, marginally up 0.04 per cent.</p><p>Brent crude futures -- the global oil benchmark -- slipped 0.33, or 0.41 per cent, to $79.45 per barrel.</p><p>Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers in the capital markets on Monday, selling shares worth Rs 2,474.54 crore, according to exchange data.</p>