At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic currency opened at 83.17 and traded between a peak of 83.10 and a low level of 83.21 against the greenback during intra-day deals.
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In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary also said spill-overs from geo-political tensions, aggressive monetary policy tightening across the world and recent surge in crude oil prices are some of the factors exerting pressure on the rupee against the dollar.