The rupee traded successful a constrictive scope and fell 3 paise to 88.78 against the U.S. dollar successful aboriginal commercialized connected Thursday (October 9, 2025), arsenic investors are watching US fiscal developments, commercialized tariff issues and FPI trends for further cues.
Forex traders said each affirmative trends successful home equities supported the rupee astatine little levels.

At the interbank overseas speech market, the rupee opened astatine 88.76 and past mislaid crushed to interaction 88.78 against the U.S. dollar, registering a diminution of 3 paise from its erstwhile close.
On Wednesday, the rupee closed astatine 88.75 against the greenback. The Indian rupee is expected to commercialized successful the constrictive scope of 88.70 to 88.80 with FPIs buying astir $10.2 cardinal chiefly connected relationship of concern successful the IPOs, said Anil Kumar Bhansali, Head of Treasury and Executive Director, Finrex Treasury Advisors LLP.
Bhansali further noted that the RBI was contiguous astatine 88.80, frankincense inactive not allowing the rupee to transverse 88.80 against the US dollar.
"The US Government shutdown and India’s commercialized tariffs contented with the U.S. are the main issues to beryllium tackled for immoderate absorption to the rupee trade," helium said.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's spot against a handbasket of six currencies, was trading 0.20 per cent little astatine 98.72.
Brent crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, was trading little by 0.50% astatine $65.91 per tube successful futures trading.
On the home equity marketplace front, the Sensex was up 201.23 points to 81,974.89 successful aboriginal trade, portion the Nifty climbed 63.5 points to 25,109.65.
Meanwhile, Foreign Institutional Investors connected Wednesday bought equities worthy ₹81.21 crore, according to speech data.

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