Mumbai: The rupee Tuesday dropped further by 47 paise to close at a historic low of 72.98/99 against the US dollar due to trade war concerns. 

The pound sterling also ended strong firm at Rs 95.84/86 per pound at the close of the Interbank Foreign Exchange (forex) market here.

Following are the Interbank forex and FBIL rates : 

(In Rs per unit) Unit Interbank FBIL Reference US Dollar 72.98/99 US Dollar 72.3796 Pound Sterling 95.84/86 EURO 84.7657 Euro 85.25/27 Japanese yen (100) 65.