At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 95.17 and pared some losses to touch 95.11 but soon lost ground to trade at 95.22 against the greenback, lower by 7 paise from its previous close. On Monday, the rupee depreciated for the third consecutive day and settled 22 paise lower at 95.15 against the US dollar

The 30-share BSE Sensex was up 16.66 points or 0.02 per cent at 73,623.41 in the initial trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty climbed 22.55 points or 0.10 per cent at 22,775 in the early trade