India, May 26 -- The Indian rupee depreciated 47 paise to close at 95.73 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday, as geopolitical tensions in West Asia and rising crude oil prices weighed on investor sentiment.

According to forex traders, the rupee was also pressured by a strong US dollar and weakness in domestic equity markets.

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 95.43 against the US dollar and moved within a range of 95.33 to 95.76 during the trading session before settling at its closing level of 95.73.

On the previous trading day, the rupee had gained 34 paise to close at 95.26 against the dollar, supported by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) intervention through dollar sales.

Market experts said the cu...