MUMBAI, Nov 6 (Reuters) - The Indian rupee held at its highest in more than a week in afternoon trade on Friday, boosted by the rise in domestic shares and tracking the dollar's losses versus major units. * At 2:30 p.m., the partially convertible rupee INR=IN was at 46.78/79 per dollar, off an early high of 46.75, its strongest since Oct. 27 and 0.5 percent above its previous close of 47.0150/0250. * Local shares .BSESN were trading up 0.9 percent, mirroring the rise in world equities after better-than-expected U.S. jobs data bolstered investor confidence in the global economy. [.BO] * Foreign funds have so far this year purchased a net $14.2 billion worth of Indian shares, helping the rupee recover from a record low of 52.2 in early March. Last year, they had sold more than a net $13 billion, pushing the rupee down by a fifth. * The dollar index .DXY, a gauge of the U.S. unit's performance versus six majors, was down 0.2 percent. * In the currency futures market INRFUTURES, the most traded near-month contracts on the National Stock Exchange and MCX-SX were both quoting at 46.82 each, with the total traded volume on the two exchanges at about $1.8 million. (Reporting by Swati Bhat; Editing by Ramya Venugopal)

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