The rupee pulled back from its three-week low in afternoon trade on Thursday helped by a slight recovery in the euro and domestic equities, although dollar demand from oil and Gold' class='bD_15arlink' title='gold price'>gold importers is likely to limit the recovery. * At 2:18 pm, the partially convertible rupee was at 49.59/60 per dollar, after touching a low of 49.7850, weakest since Sept. 26, and 0.9% weaker from Wednesday's close of 49.15/16. * Doubts about the euro zone's ability to come up with a comprehensive plan to solve its debt crisis hammered equity markets and hit the euro on Thursday, underlying investor impatience with political wrangling. * The euro was trading at USD 1.3747, up from the day's low of USD 1.3674, but lower compared with USD 1.3840 at end of rupee trade on Wednesday. * The index of the dollar against six major currencies was at 77.129 points, sharply above 76.705 points on Wednesday. * The local benchmark share index was down 1.3% after falling to nearly 2% earlier.

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