At the interbank forex market, the rupee opened lower at 69.11 and weakened further to 69.17 on increased demand from importers. However, it recovered partially to quote 15 paise down at 69.15 against the dollar.

During the past week, the Sensex surged 1,352.89 points or 3.68 per cent to close at 38,024.32 on Friday.

Announcing the modified revised framework for 'Trade Credit Policy', the RBI, however, reduced the all-inclusive cost (all-in-cost) for overseas loans to benchmark rate plus 250 basis points from the earlier 350 bps.

Bharti Airtel (5.12%), IndusInd Bank (3.69%) and ICICI Bank (3.27%) were the top Sensex gainers.