Rupee ends flat at 88.69 against U.S. dollar

The rupee pared intra-day losses to settee level astatine 88.69 (provisional) against the American currency connected Friday (October 31, 2025), arsenic anemic home equities and a steadfast US dollar successful overseas markets offset the gains from little crude lipid prices.

At the interbank overseas speech market, the rupee opened astatine 88.60 and touched a precocious of 88.59 and a debased of 88.78 against the greenback during the session. The section portion yet settled astatine 88.69 (provisional), unchanged from its erstwhile closing level.

On Thursday (October 30, 2025), the rupee crashed 47 paise to settee astatine 88.69 against the U.S. dollar aft the U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell flagged U.S. ostentation staying supra the people level and uncertainties successful the labour market, trimming anticipation for a further complaint chopped successful the December policy.

The U.S. Fed, however, reduced involvement rates by 25 ground points, successful enactment with expectations.

Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's spot against a handbasket of six currencies, roseate 0.04% to 99.39.

Brent crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, fell 0.68% to $64.56 per tube successful futures trading.