MUMBAI, April 5 Reuters The Indian rupee rose on Friday, bolstered by dollar sales from foreign and staterun banks and after the Indian central bank kept rates unchanged for a seventh consecutive meeting.

The rupee closed at 83.2950 against the U.S dollar, up nearly 0.2 compared with its close of 83.4375 in the previous session.

The currency logged a gain of 0.1 weekonweek, rebounding from a record low of 83.4550 hit on Thursday.

Dollar sales picked up after the rupee managed to hold above 83.45 despite a raft of weak global cues, a FX trader at a foreign bank said.

Brent crude oil prices rising above 90 per barrel for the first time since October and hawkish comments from Federal Reserve policymakers weighed early in the session.

But foreign and staterun banks39; dollar sales after the Reserve Bank of India39;s RBI policy decision helped lift the rupee, traders said.

Stop losses were hit after the currency rose above 83.35, which led to traders exiting long dollar positions, the foreign bank trader said.

Five out of six members of India39;s ratesetting committee voted in favour of a pause and for holding the monetary stance at 39;withdrawal of accommodation39;.

India39;s robust growth prospects provide the central bank the space to remain focused on inflation, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said.

Investors now await the U.S. nonfarm payrolls report due later on Friday. The U.S. likely added 200,000 jobs in March, according to a Reuters poll of economists.

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