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The rupee strengthened to 94.06 per dollar during Friday trading, its strongest level in more than six months. A weaker US dollar, lower oil prices, improved risk sentiment after the US midterm elections and renewed foreign inflows supported the move.
A stronger rupee lowers the local-currency cost of imported feed and agricultural commodities. Further appreciation could ease import costs, though dollar demand from importers may constrain the gains.
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Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.