The Indian rupee declined by 36 paise to close at 82.87 provisionally against the U.S. dollar on December 13, weighed down by the ongoing foreign capital outflows from the capital markets.

Trading was impacted by investors' risk aversion before to the U.S. Federal Reserve's interest rate decision, forex dealers said.

The rupee opened down at 82.63 against the dollar on the interbank foreign exchange market, with a high of 82.60 and a low of 82.87. The final price, which was 36 paise lower than the previous close of 82.51, was 82.87. The dollar index, which measures the strength of the dollar against a basket of six different currencies, decreased 0.15% to 104.98.

The benchmark for world oil, Brent crude futures, increased 1.73% to $79.32 a barrel.

The 30-share BSE Sensex closed at 62,533.30, up 402.73 points, or 0.65%, on the domestic equity market. The NSE Nifty index as a whole increased by 110.85 points or 0.60% to 18,608.

Retail inflation fell below the RBI's upper tolerance level of 6% in November for the first time in 11 months as a result of falling food costs, but the central bank may wait for further information before halting interest rate increases.
Consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation fell for the second consecutive month to 5.88% in November from 6.77% in October 2022, according to statistics provided by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Monday. In November of last year, it was 4.91%.

The biggest loss in 26 months, India's industrial production fell by 4% in October. This was mostly because of a decline in manufacturing output as well as the mining and power generation industries' muted performance.

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