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The rupee extended its weakening momentum for the 3rd consecutive session, losing 10 paise to 90.44 against the U.S. dollar successful aboriginal commercialized connected Friday (January 16, 2026), weighed down by relentless outflow of overseas funds and a steadfast greenback.
Lower crude lipid prices and affirmative equity marketplace sentiment prevented a steep autumn successful the home currency, forex traders said.
At the interbank overseas exchange, the rupee opened astatine 90.37 and slipped further to commercialized astatine 90.44 against the greenback, 10 paise little than the closing level of the erstwhile session.
The rupee declined 11 paise to adjacent astatine 90.34 against the U.S. dollar connected Wednesday (January 14, 2026), a time aft falling 6 paise.
The overseas speech markets were closed connected Thursday owed to a vacation for the Mumbai municipal corp elections.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which measures the greenback's spot against a handbasket of six currencies, was trading 0.02% little astatine 99.10.
Analysts said the American currency was impacted by the December U.S. ostentation numbers, which person reduced hopes for an contiguous involvement complaint chopped by the Federal Reserve.
Also, they said that the rupee faced unit aft information released connected Thursday (January 15) showed India's commercialized shortage widened somewhat to $25.04 cardinal successful December 2025, compared to $24.53 cardinal successful November and $22 cardinal successful December 2024.
Brent crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, was trading 0.34% little astatine $63.54 per tube successful futures trade.
On the home equity marketplace front, the Sensex climbed 210.04 points to 83,592.75, portion the Nifty roseate 34.65 points to 25,700.25.
Foreign organization investors offloaded equities worthy ₹4,781.24 crore connected Wednesday (January 14), according to speech data.
