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At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, the domestic unit was quoted higher at 51.35 a dollar, a rise of 16 paise over the previous close of 51.51/52.
Forex dealers said expectations of pick-up in capital inflow from foreign funds into the domestic stock markets, which may maintained its upward march today, mainly supported the rupee.
Other Asian currencies gaining against the greenback also supported the rupee, they added.
The Indian unit on Friday had ended 35 paise higher at 51.51/52 against the USD and the the stock markets surged over 5 per cent during the past week.
In early trade today, most of the Asian bourses were up by almost 2.4 per cent.
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