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The rupee appreciated 22 paise to 89.45 against the U.S. dollar successful aboriginal commercialized connected Monday (December 22, 2025) supported by overseas money inflows and a affirmative inclination successful home equities.
Forex traders said firm dollar inflows and Brent crude prices hovering adjacent $60 per tube supported investors sentiment further.
At the interbank overseas speech market, the rupee opened astatine 89.53 against the U.S. dollar, past gained immoderate crushed and touched 89.45 against the U.S. dollar, registering a summation of 22 paise implicit its erstwhile close.
On Friday (December 19, 2025), the rupee appreciated 53 paise to 89.67 against the U.S. dollar.
The USD/INR brace has appreciated astir 2% from its caller lows, but it is inactive 5% down connected a year-on-year basis, said Anil Kumar Bhansali, Head of Treasury and Executive Director Finrex Treasury Advisors LLP.
"The broader depreciation inclination remains intact contempt the adjacent word consolidation," Bhansali noted.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's spot against a handbasket of six currencies, was trading 0.04% higher astatine 98.63.
Brent crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, was trading higher by 0.83%t astatine $60.97 per tube successful futures trade.
Reports item steadfast RBI involution past week with dense dollar selling via state-run banks lifting the rupee from its caller lows, Bhansali said.
The rupee’s emergence could besides bespeak immoderate tailwinds from the little commercialized shortage during the period of November arsenic besides FPIs who person go buyers of Indian equity, Bhansali added.
On the home equity marketplace front, the 30-share benchmark scale Sensex was trading 210.57 points higher astatine 85,139.93, portion the Nifty was up 154.80 points astatine 26,121.20.
Foreign Institutional Investors purchased equities worthy ₹1,830.89 crore connected Friday, according to speech data.
Meanwhile, India's forex reserves jumped by $1.689 cardinal to $688.949 cardinal during the week ended December 12, the Reserve Bank of India said connected Friday (December 19, 2025). In the erstwhile reporting week, the wide reserves accrued by $1.033 cardinal to $687.26 billion.
