Rupee falls 4 paise to fresh low of 88.79 against U.S. dollar

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At the interbank overseas   exchange, the rupee opened astatine  88.73 against the dollar and traded successful  the scope  of 88.69-88.80 earlier  settling astatine  88.79 (provisional), little   by 4 paise against its erstwhile   close. File.

At the interbank overseas exchange, the rupee opened astatine 88.73 against the dollar and traded successful the scope of 88.69-88.80 earlier settling astatine 88.79 (provisional), little by 4 paise against its erstwhile close. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters

The rupee fell 4 paise to an all-time debased of 88.79 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar connected Tuesday (September 30, 2025), pressured by sustained overseas superior outflows amid planetary commercialized uncertainties.

However, a steep autumn successful planetary crude lipid prices, on with a weaker greenback, prevented a crisp diminution successful the section unit, according to forex traders.

The markets are besides awaiting the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) Monetary Policy Committee decision, which volition beryllium announced connected Wednesday (October 1).

At the interbank overseas exchange, the rupee opened astatine 88.73 against the dollar and traded successful the scope of 88.69-88.80 earlier settling astatine 88.79 (provisional), little by 4 paise against its erstwhile close.

The rupee consolidated successful a constrictive scope and settled little by 3 paise astatine 88.75 against the greenback connected Monday.

"Constant unit from FPIs buying dollars brought down the rupee, wherever the RBI seems to beryllium present, supplying dollars. The rupee has remained susceptible to the FPIs selling owed to the commercialized trauma seen since August, erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump applied 50% tariffs connected Indian Exports," Anil Kumar Bhansali, Head of Treasury and Executive Director, Finrex Treasury Advisors LLP, said.

The scope for Wednesday (October 1) is expected betwixt 88.50 and 89.00, helium said.

The RBI gathering is taking spot against the backdrop of ongoing geopolitical tensions and the U.S. imposing 50% tariffs connected Indian shipments.

Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's spot against a handbasket of six currencies, was trading astatine 97.79, little by 0.11%.

Brent crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, was trading 1.03% little astatine $67.27 per tube successful futures trade.

On the home equity marketplace front, Sensex dropped 97.32 points to settee astatine 80,267.62, portion Nifty slipped 23.80 points to 24,611.10.

Foreign Institutional Investors offloaded equities worthy ₹2,831.59 crore connected Monday, according to speech data.

Meanwhile, the U.S. has announced the imposition of a 100% tariff connected branded oregon patented drugs entering the U.S. from October 1, but for pharmaceutical companies gathering manufacturing plants successful the U.S.

Published - September 30, 2025 04:20 p.m. IST

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