Rupee rises 1 paisa to 90.73 against U.S. dollar in early trade

The rupee roseate by 1 paisa to 90.73 against the U.S. dollar successful aboriginal commercialized connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026), aided by a autumn successful planetary crude lipid prices.

However, a stronger greenback and FII outflows capped gains successful the section unit, according to forex traders.

At the interbank overseas exchange, the rupee opened astatine 90.72 against the U.S. dollar earlier slipping to 90.73, up 1 paisa against its erstwhile close.

The rupee settled 8 paise little astatine 90.74 against the U.S. dollar connected Monday (February 16, 2026).

"The rupee was good offered connected Monday (February 16, 2026) though it closed lower. Suspected RBI involution has prevented the currency to transverse 91 truthful acold and has besides deterred speculative shorts," Anil Kumar Bhansali, Head of Treasury and Executive Director, Finrex Treasury Advisors LLP, said.

Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's spot against a handbasket of six currencies, was trading 0.23% higher astatine 97.14.

Brent crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, was trading 0.47% little astatine $68.33 per tube successful futures trade.

On the home equity marketplace front, Sensex declined 245.87 points to 83,031.28 successful aboriginal commercialized portion the Nifty was down 106.45 points to 25,576.30.

On Monday (February 16, 2026), overseas organization investors offloaded equities worthy ₹972.13 crore, according to speech data.

Government information released connected Monday (February 16, 2026) showed that wholesale terms ostentation extended upward momentum for the 3rd consecutive month, astatine 1.81 per cent successful January, driven by an uptick successful prices of food, non-food articles, and manufactured items connected a month-on-month basis.

Further, the country's exports roseate marginally by 0.61% to $36.56 cardinal successful January, portion commercialized shortage widened to a three-month precocious of $34.68 billion, arsenic per authoritative information released connected Monday (February 16, 2026).