Rupee falls 14 paise to 92.42 against U.S. dollar in early trade

The rupee mislaid 14 paise and traded astatine 92.42 against the U.S. dollar successful aboriginal deals connected Tuesday (March 17, 2026), arsenic it failed to defy unit from rising crude lipid prices and the incessant withdrawal of overseas funds amid the heightened West Asia crisis.

Subdued home equity markets and elevated American currency besides weighed connected the section portion adjacent arsenic investors moved cautiously, awaiting the involvement complaint determination of the U.S. Federal Reserve, according to forex traders.

At the interbank overseas exchange, the section portion opened astatine 92.35 and fell further to commercialized astatine 92.42 against the U.S. dollar, registering a 14-paise diminution from its erstwhile closing level.

The section portion ended Monday’s (March 16) league with a marginal summation of 2 paise astatine 92.28 against the dollar.

The rupee, 1 of the worst-performing Asian currencies, touched its lowest intra-day level of 92.47 astatine the extremity of the erstwhile week earlier closing the league astatine 92.30 against the dollar, its lowest-ever closing level until Friday (March 13).

Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s spot against a handbasket of six currencies, was trading 0.19% higher astatine 99.65.

Brent crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, was trading higher by 2.68% astatine $102.87 per tube successful futures trade.

On the home equity marketplace front, the Sensex declined 91.62 points, oregon 0.12%, to 75,411.23 successful aboriginal trade, portion the Nifty fell 34.25 points, oregon 0.15%, to 23,374.55.

The latest authorities information released connected Monday (March 16) showed the country’s commercialized shortage narrowed to $27.1 cardinal successful February compared to January.

Merchandise exports dropped marginally by 0.81% to $36.61 billion, portion imports accrued by 24.11% to $63.71 cardinal successful February this twelvemonth from $51.33 cardinal recorded a twelvemonth ago.

Foreign organization investors sold equities worthy ₹9,365.52 crore connected a nett ground connected Monday (March 16), according to speech data.