The Indian rupee depreciated by 20 paise against the US currency in early trade today as weak trend in Asian equities raised concerns of capital outflows by funds from the domestic stock markets.

At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, the domestic currency was quoted at 49.07 against the dollar, a fall of 20 paise over the previous close of 48.87/88 a dollar. On Friday, the domestic currency ended 10 paise higher at 48.87/88 against the dollar.