The rupee opened at 125.50/70 levels and moved as low as 127.00 rupees when sales by a state bank was seen, dealers said.
The currency was later quote around 126.20/50 dealers said.
Sri Lanka's rupee had come under pressure from high credit growth and rupee injections by the Central Bank to sterilize interventions.
Analysts have warned that a practice where large dollar inflows are converted by the Central Bank off-market and rupees injected to the banking system puts further pressure on the dollar peg.
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