<div>The rupee rose above 60 to the dollar on Friday (28 March), marking its strongest in eight months, as hopes for continued foreign investor inflows send domestic shares to a string of record highs.<br /><br />The partially convertible rupee was trading at 60.04/05 per dollar at 9.27 a.m., after earlier hitting 59.99, its strongest since July 30. The rupee closed at 60.31/32 on Thursday (27 March).<br /><br />The BSE Sensex rose 0.4 per cent, hitting its fifth consecutive record high earlier in the morning after overseas investors bought domestic shares worth $364 million on Thursday, taking total inflows so far in 2014 to more than $3.5 billion.<br /><br />However, further gains in the rupee on Friday could be capped given traders expect good dollar demand from importers to meet month-end commitments, while the Reserve Bank of India could continue to buy the US currency to build up its foreign exchange reserves.<br /><br />(Reuters)</div>
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