mumbai jan 25 reuters  the indian rupee rose against the us currency on wednesday helped by likely dollar inflows and gains in most major asian peers the rupee last traded at 8159 per us dollar compared with 8172 in the previous session it was a choppy session with the local currency trading in a range of 8150 to 8176 rupee bulls can take a lot of positives from todays session  the rupee managed to hold above the 8180 levels and it arrested the downside momentum a trader at a mumbaibased bank said there was talk of dollar inflows related to adani enterprises and once again there was good demand from importers he added a tussle between buyers and sellers is likely to continue with inflows pertaining to adani fpo on one side and the reserve bank of indias intervention on the other side said amit pabari managing director at cr forex the rbi likely bought dollars on monday when the rupee rose above the 81 level according to traders the offshore chinese yuan rose to 67750 to the dollar and the korean won advanced helped by a fall in treasury yields the twoyear us yield dropped to near 414 us bonds have rallied this year on bets that softening inflation and growth concerns will force the federal reserve to cut interest rates later this year a 25 basis points rate hike next week by the us central bank has been priced in meanwhile indian equities suffered their biggest fall in over a month and futures pointed to a weaker opening for us shares oil prices inched up after tuesdays more than 2 fall