Rupee weakens in early trade

At the Interbank Foreign Exchange market,the domestic unit was quoted 10 paise lower at 46.70 a dollar in early trade. The rupee had closed higher by 9 paise at 46.60/61 a dollar in yesterday8217;s trade.

Forex dealers said mixed trend in Asian currencies against the US dollar put pressure on the Indian rupee but steady to better trend in equities,restricted losses.

The Bombay Stock Exchange index,Sensex,rose by 40.85 points,or 0.22 per cent,to 17,950.31 points in the opening trade.