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The rupee settled level astatine 90.66 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar successful a range-bound commercialized connected Monday (February 16, 2026), arsenic affirmative momentum successful home equities was offset by a beardown US dollar successful the overseas market.
According to forex traders, little crude lipid prices supported the section unit, portion overseas money outflows constricted its movement.
In the interbank overseas speech market, the rupee opened astatine 90.63 against the U.S. dollar and moved betwixt an intraday precocious of 90.61 and a debased of 90.72 during the session.
The home portion closed the league astatine its erstwhile closing level of 90.66 (provisional) against the greenback.
On Friday, the rupee depreciated 5 paise to settee astatine 90.66 against the U.S. dollar.
Jateen Trivedi, VP Research Analyst - Commodity and Currency, LKP Securities, said that the rupee traded mostly level arsenic marketplace participants remained cautious, portion betterment successful the secondary marketplace aft a anemic opening helped stabilise the currency.
"The broader code remains range-bound, with contiguous absorption placed adjacent 90.25 and enactment seen astir 90.90. Unless determination is simply a decisive interruption connected either side, the rupee is apt to proceed trading wrong this consolidation band," Trivedi said.
According to Anuj Choudhary, Research Analyst, Mirae Asset ShareKhan, "Investors whitethorn present ticker retired for lodging marketplace and GDP information from the US this week. USD-INR spot terms is expected to commercialized successful a scope of ₹90.30 to ₹90.90."
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's spot against a handbasket of six currencies, was trading 0.09 per cent higher astatine 96.91.
Brent crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, was trading 0.47% little astatine $67.43 per tube successful futures trade.
