The Indian rupee trimmed gains in afternoon session on Friday as domestic shares dropped more than 1 percent after a higher start, but gains in other regional currencies versus the dollar, prevented a further slide.
* At 2 p.m., the partially convertible rupee INR=IN was at 47.10/11 per dollar, off a high of 46.84 but still stronger than its close of 47.21/22 on Thursday, when it had dropped to as low as 47.6250, its weakest since Oct. 5.
* The South Korean won and Indonesian rupiah bounced back sharply from multi-week lows as the dollar retreated broadly after better-than-expected U.S. growth data revived appetite for risky assets. [EMRG/FRX]
* Shares .BSESN turned negative in afternoon trade on Friday, with Reliance Industries (RELI.BO: Quote, Profile, Research) and Bharti Airtel (BRTI.BO: Quote, Profile, Research) leading the losers. [.BO]
* Foreign portfolio inflows into local shares are a key driver for the rupee. Foreigners have bought a net $14.4 billion of local equities so far this year, after being sellers of more than $13 billion in 2008.
* In the currency futures market INRFUTURES, the most traded near-month contracts on the National Stock Exchange and MCX-SX were quoting at 47.1875 and 47.1850 respectively, with the total traded volume on the two exchanges at about $1.9 billion. (Reporting by Swati Bhat; Editing by Sunil Nair)
Source : Reuters.com