The rupee nudged higher on Wednesday afternoon supported by Asian peers and a slightly firm euro ahead of the euro zone emergency summit on Thursday.
* At 1:46 pm, the partially convertible rupee was at 44.4525/4550 per dollar, stronger than Tuesday's close of 44.49/50.
* Though most dealers had expected the euro zone summit to result in a plan to tackle the region's debt crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel doused expectations, saying the widespread longing for a single, final solution to make the Greek crisis disappear once and for all was unrealistic.
* The euro was at USD 1.4199 versus USD 1.4176 when the rupee closed on Tuesday. The index of the dollar against six major currencies was down 0.35% at 74.956 points.
* Asian currencies gained against the dollar.
