In the opening trade today the rupee for the second day strengthened. The rupee climbed 25 paise to 64.48 against the dollar. The forex dealers as per the sources news said 'besides selling of the dollar, its weakness against other currencies after the Federal Reserve dialled down on some of the more hawkish policy expectations supported the rupee. Also Read: Surendra Goyal: GST rates negative for beverage, paint sector Rupee opens lower against USD at 64.9 in early trade Hemant Thukral says, expect Larsen & Toubro to move higher