Rupee falls by 6 paise in early trade trade

Mumbai, Jan 14 (PTI) The Indian rupee opened 6 paiselower against the dollar today, as the American currencystrengthened against other major currencies.

The domestic unit early morning today was trading at Rs45.30 a dollar, 6 paise lower from the yesterday''s close atthe Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market. Yesterday, ithad closed 11 paise lower at Rs 45.24/25 a dollar.

Dollar''s gains against major currencies overseas andlower opening on the stock market weighed on the rupeesentiment, said the dealers.

Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex fell by 90.53 points at19,092.29 points in the opening trade. SUN RS DP