The rupee jumped to one-month high as it gained 158 paise to 61.80 against the dollar at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on Thursday on hopes of increased capital inflows after the US Federal Reserve's decided to keep its stimulus programme intact.
Traders said besides expectations of increased capital inflows, the dollar's weakness against other currencies overseas, after the US Federal Reserve surprised markets by leaving its massive bond-buying programme unchanged, helped the rupee gain.
The rupee had settled just a paise lower at 63.38 against the dollar in yesterday's trade.
Meanwhile, stock markets were up by nearly 3 per cent in the opening trade.
The BSE benchmark index soared by 574.13 points, or 2.88 per cent, to 20,536.29, while National Stock Exchange's Nifty rose by 183.65 points, or 3.11 per cent to 6,083.10 in opening trade.
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