Jakarta (Antara Bali) - The Indonesian currency  rupiah extended gains against the US dollar this morning boosted by the country's inflation curbed below estimate.

Rupiah traded at 9,595 to the dollar gaining 5 points  from 9,600 in inter-bank transactions on Tuesday.

"The inflation, which was held below  estimate had kept the currency in positive area," Trust Securities' analyst Reza Priyambada said here on Tuesday.

The country's inflation  was 0.07 percent on month in November lower than previous estimate of 0.27-0.29 percent .

On-year the inflation in November was 4.32 percent , also lower than previous target of 4.61 percent.

Samuel Sekuritas' analyst Lana Soelistianingsih  said talks on US "fiscal cliff" had failed to find a solution giving a negative sentiment to the exchange rate of risky currencies including rupiah.(IGT)

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