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Rupee trades lower at 69.74 per dollar

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Rupee trades lower at 69.74 per dollar The Indian rupee is trading lower at 69.74 per dollar versus previous close 69.67. On Monday the rupee ended 32 paise lower at 69.67 against the US dollar on the back of surge in crude oil prices. The dollar-rupee April contract on the NSE was at 69.71 in the previous session. April contract open interest increased 7.23% in the previous session, said ICICIdirect. We expect the USD-INR to meet supply pressure at higher levels. Utilise the upsides in the pair to initiate short positions, it added.

Eclipse

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Lunar eclipse From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search For other uses, see Lunar eclipse (disambiguation) . Not to be confused with Solar eclipse . Recent total eclipses April 15, 2014 October 8, 2014 April 4, 2015 September 28, 2015 A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth into its umbra (shadow). This can occur only when the sun, Earth, and moon are aligned (in " syzygy ") exactly, or very closely so, with the Earth in the middle. Hence, a lunar eclipse can occur only the night of a full moon . The type and length of an eclipse depend upon the Moon's location relative to its orbital nodes . A total lunar eclipse has the direct sunlight completely blocked by the earth's shadow. The only light seen is refracted through the earth's shadow. This light looks red for the same reason that the sunset looks red, due to rayleigh scattering of the more blue light. Because...