The rupee Tuesday slouched sixteen paise, against the doller, to trade at a life time low of 71.46 on robust demand for the US currency
At the lnterbank exchange the native currency opened at a record low 71.37 against a dollers down from its previous shut of 71.33 and weekend more to trade at a recent low of seventy one down sixteen paise.
Meanwhile, the BSE sen-sex fell by 7.60 points, or 0.01 per cent, to 38,304.92 points in early trade.