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Indian currency gained 21 paise to 46.66 against the US currency on Friday on continued selling pressure on the American currency by foreign funds and sturdy equity prices.

Traders at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (FOREX) made this declaration.

The Rupee belled the day strongly by 11 paise to 46.74 as compared to the dollar and afterward it fluctuated in a broad range between 46.64 and 46.80 in intra day trade.

'Milenge Milenge' is a poor rehash of John Cussack - Kate Beckinsale starrer romantic comedy Serendipity (2001), which was about destiny bringing two lovers back together.

But perhaps makers Boney Kapoor and Satish Kaushik were not as blessed to speedily cash in on its success as their copy took a good 7 years to come on screen.

Milenge Milenge tells the story of Priya (Kareena) and Immy (Shahid) who meet one another in Bangkok and become lovers.

The U. S. Department of Commerce said on Friday that U. S. wholesale inventories rose 0.5 percent in May from April while sales fell 0.3 percent.

It has been reported that for the month, sale of durable goods was up 0.5 percent, while non-durable goods sales on the wholesale level were down 1 percent, largely due to a decline in petroleum sales.

Excluding petroleum, sales rose 5.9 percent.

According to the official reports, an international agency has contracted American Science and Engineering Inc. to provide ZBV Military Trailers for vehicle cargo screening.

The company said on Thursday that the contract is worth $3 million, but identification of the organization placing the order was not disclosed.

It has been reported that the U. S. Marine Corps has contracted Alelo TLT to build an Afghanistan-focused Virtual Cultural Awareness Trainer course for deploying troops.

The trainer course would give Marines heightened knowledge of the local culture and language, Alelo said on Thursday.

The VCAT is being developed as a team effort between the Marine Corps Systems Command/Program Manager Training Systems and the U. S. Joint Forces Command.

The UK investors were anticipating that the European banks are going to pass the stress tests to be conducted by the EU.

For this reason only, the stock markets, euro and the oil prices have seen a hike for the fourth consecutive day. This positive anticipation has also helped the euro to reach at a point equivalent to 1.27 dollars.

The price of US light crude oil has risen to 75 dollars per barrel giving some hopes to the US and European countries to avoid the downturn. The London Brent crude oil has also grown up to 75 dollars per barrel.