Messi was linked with a billion-dollar move to a Saudi Arabian club just months after Ronaldo joined the Riyadh-based club Al Nassr
At the interbank foreign exchange the rupee opened at 73.88, then gained further ground and touched a high of 73.84 against the US dollar, registering a rise of 33 paise over its previous close.
The domestic currency, however, could not hold on to the gains and was trading at 73.96 against the American unit at 1004 hrs.
The global death toll from the new coronavirus crossed 4,000 as the outbreak has spread to over 100 countries with more than 110,000 cases of infection.
Domestic bourses opened on a positive note on Wednesday with benchmark indices Sensex trading 66.97 points higher at 35,701.92 and Nifty up by 3.85 points at 10,455.30.
Traders said the rise in crude oil prices helped in the recovery of equity market and trading sentiment as oil prices had crashed on Monday.
Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, rose 3.36 per cent to USD 38.47 per barrel. Despite the rise, Brent crude prices are trading on a muted note, traders said.
Meanwhile, Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) remained net sellers in the capital market, as they sold equity shares worth Rs 6,595.56 crore on Monday, according to provisional exchange data.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against the basket of six currencies was trading 0.28 per cent lower at 96.14.
The 10-year government bond yield was at 6.13 per cent in morning trade.
Messi was linked with a billion-dollar move to a Saudi Arabian club just months after Ronaldo joined the Riyadh-based club Al Nassr
Upon the directives of The President, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) announced the construction of 1,000 prefabricated housing units worth Dh65 million
Ministry expresses its sincere sympathies to the government and people of the French Republic and to the families of the victims of the heinous crime
India is still 318 runs behind Australia with just five wickets in hand
The flight was delayed by two hours because of the incident
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The US sends hundreds of firefighters to Canada while France, Portugal and Spain are sending more than 280 firefighters
Khan secured bail on Thursday from the Islamabad High Court over new murder charges