The rupee bounced back to be steady on Thursday tracking the recovery in domestic shares and Asian currencies with some corporate selling of dollars also supporting the domestic unit.
* At 3:05 pm, the partially convertible rupee was 45.255/260 per dollar, off the day's low of 45.45 per dollar, from 45.2450 per dollar on Wednesday.
* The BSE Sensex edged higher in choppy trade on Thursday, tracking most Asian stocks that rebounded after US stock futures rose 2%, even as renewed concerns over the euro zone's debt crisis weighed.