Sensex closed at 61,702.29 points, down 103.90 points or 0.17 per cent, whereas Nifty closed at 18,385.30 points, down 35.15 points or 0.19 per cent. Sensex and Nifty's intraday low was 61,102 points and 18,202 points respectively.
Sensex closed the session at 61,806.19, up 468.38 points or 0.76 per cent, whereas Nifty closed at 18,420.45 points, up 151.45 points or 0.83 per cent.
Typically, the RBI from time to time intervenes in the markets through liquidity management, including through the selling of dollars, with a view to preventing a steep depreciation in the rupee.
Replying to a question in Lok Sabha, Sitharaman said the Reserve Bank of India has used the available foreign exchange reserves that it had in order to intervene in the markets to make sure that the Dollar-Rupee does not fluctuate too much.
At the time of writing this report, Sensex traded at 61,519.68 points, up 100.72 points or 0.16 per cent, whereas Nifty traded at 18,275.75 points, up 31.55 points or 0.17 per cent.
At 9.47 am, Sensex traded at 61,235.72 points, up 90.88 points or 0.15 per cent, whereas Nifty traded at 18,180.70 points, up 20.75 points or 0.11 per cent.