Mumbai;June 29,2016:Rupee value hiked up by 19 paise to 67.76 against the US dollar at the Interbank Foreign Exchange. As per the dealers said, "weakness of the dollar against other currencies overseas gave the rupee more muscle".

"A higher opening in the domestic equity market ensured the uptrend picked up momentum", they added.

The local unit ended steady at 67.95 a dollar yesterday following fag-end dollar demand from banks and importers in view of uncertainty in the currency market.

However, the benchmark BSE Sensex rallied 149.33 points, or 0.56 %, to 26,673.88.