US: Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman will speak at the Annual Symposium on Building the Financial System of the 21st Century — 4:45 a.m. Rupee appreciated 5 paise to close higher at 84.45 against the US dollar. It opened flat at 84.49 on Friday. The Indian unit closed at 84.50 on Thursday, according to data on Bloomberg.

The weekly performance turned green eventually for these two benchmarks, which was earlier dragged by the escalation of war between Russia and Ukraine coupled with investors demand for dollar and treasury yields.

Among sectoral indices, Nifty PSU Bank emerged as the biggest laggard, tumbling 3.58 percent, followed by Nifty Metal and Nifty Media.