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Recovering from its record low, the rupee rose by 14 paise to 77.57 against the US dollar in early morning trade on Wednesday.

At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 77.58 against the American dollar, then inched higher to quote at 77.57, registering a rise of 14 paise from the last close.

On Tuesday, the rupee declined by 17 paise to close at its all-time low of 77.71 against the US currency as surging US bond yields dampened the appeal of riskier assets.

Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.17 per cent higher at 101.92.

Global oil benchmark Brent crude futures rose 0.96 per cent to USD 122.84 per barrel.

"The Indian GDP came as expected at 4.1 per cent, while the fiscal deficit for 2021-22 was at 6.7 per cent of GDP against the budgeted 6.9 per cent indicating a robust tax collection," said Anil Kumar Bhansali, Head of Treasury, Finrex Treasury Advisors.

Bhansali further said that the range for the rupee is still between 77.40 and 77.80 with oil companies and foreign portfolio investors (FPI) standing at one end and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) at the other end.

On the domestic equity market front, the 30-share Sensex was trading 118.94 points or 0.21 per cent higher at 55,685.35, while the broader NSE Nifty advanced 30.45 points or 0.18 per cent to 16,615.00.

Foreign institutional investors remained net sellers in the capital market on Tuesday as they offloaded shares worth Rs 1,003.56 crore, as per stock exchange data.

On a year-on-year basis, GST collections in May were up 44 percent.

"The collection in the month of May, which pertains to the returns for April, the first month of the financial year, has always been lesser than that in April, which pertains to the returns for March, the closing of the financial year," the finance ministry said in a statement.

"However, it is encouraging to see that even in the month of May 2022, the gross GST revenues have crossed the Rs 1.40 lakh crore mark," it added.

Of the total GST collections in May, Central GST was Rs 25,036 crore, State GST was Rs 32,001 crore, Integrated GST was Rs 73,345 crore, and compensation cess was Rs 10,502 crore.

In May, the government settled Rs 27,924 crore to Central GST and Rs 23,123 crore to State GST from Integrated GST. As a result, the total revenue for the month after settlement was Rs 52,960 crore for the Centre and Rs 55,124 crore for State GST.

The S&P Global India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) declined marginally in May to 54.6 from 54.7 a month back.

A reading above 50 indicates expansion in activity, while a sub-50 print is a sign of contraction.

According to S&P Global, the 11th consecutive 50+ print for the manufacturing PMI "pointed to a sustained recovery" and was "consistent with a solid improvement in operating conditions".

"Demand showed signs of resilience in May, improving further in spite of another uptick in selling prices. Companies reported a marked increase in total new orders that was broadly similar to April," S&P Global noted.

Within new orders, May saw international orders rise the most in 11 years

The continued rise in new orders helped increase manufacturing sector jobs in May. Although the rise in manufacturing employment was only slight, S&P Global said the rate of employment growth rose to the most since January 2020.

Holding back a more robust increase in employment was only mild pressure on manufacturers' capacities.

While the situation looked firm on the output side, price pressures continued to build on top of already elevated levels.

Manufactuerers' input prices rose again in May, although the rate of increase was lower than seen in April. However, this was the 22nd month in a row that costs had risen.

These cost burdens continued to be shared with consumers, with selling prices being raised by the most in over eight-and-a-half years - consistent with Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation hitting a near-eight-year high of 7.79 percent in April.

"While firms appear to be focusing on the now, the survey's gauge of business optimism shows a sense of unease among manufacturers. The overall level of sentiment was the second-lowest seen for two years, with panellists generally expecting growth prospects to be harmed by acute price pressures," noted Pollyanna De Lima, economics associate director at S&P Global Market Intelligence.