Dollar closed at 64.9250 against its opening at 64.9500.Dollar ended flat tracking the weakness in dollar amid selling by foreign banks while investors await the release of US inflation data. Bullish equity market and IPO related flows are keeping the sentiments buoyed. The greenback traded down as investors await US inflation data to bet on Federal Reserve's rate hike stance. A stronger inflation print would likely buoy the dollar against its major currencies. Meanwhile, Asian stocks traded firm near a 10-year high on Friday on expectations of brisk global growth, although investors held off chasing the shares higher ahead of US and Chinese economic data as well as the Chinese Communist Party congress next week.
President Xi Jinping of China will oversee the country's most significant political meeting in five years when he opens the 19th Communist Party Congress in Beijing on October 18 and attempts to tighten his grip on power.
Sensex provisionally ends 250.47 points higher with 23 components in green.
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Asian stocks edged to a 10-year high thanks to expectations of brisk global growth, although investors held off chasing shares higher ahead of U.S. economic data and next week's Chinese Communist Party Congress.
Crude prices gained in Asia on Friday with trade data from China supporting rising demand views as the market looks ahead to U.S data.
China's imports and exports grew at a faster pace in September than in the previous month, suggesting the world's second-biggest economy is still expanding at a healthy clip despite widespread forecasts of an eventual slowdown.
Gold prices were little changed amid a steady dollar on Friday, halting a five-day rally as investors wait for key U.S. inflation data for clues on the outlook for potential hikes in U.S. interest rates.