Rupee down 5 paise against dollar in early trade

Also, expectations of fresh capital inflows by foreign funds in domestic bourses, which may open higher in line with other firming Asian bourses, further checked rupee's fall.

At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, the domestic unit traded 5 paise down at 48.02 a dollar. It had ended 2 paise lower at 47.97/98 against the US currency in the previous session on Friday. Forex market remained closed yesterday on account of Dussehra.