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The rupee roseate 5 paise to adjacent astatine 90.67 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar connected Wednesday (February 18, 2026) driven by inflow of overseas funds and affirmative home equity markets.
However, higher planetary crude lipid prices and a strengthening greenback capped crisp gains successful the section unit, forex traders said.
At the interbank overseas exchange, the rupee opened astatine 90.60 against the U.S. dollar and traded successful a constrictive scope of 90.60-90.71 earlier settling astatine 90.67 (provisional), higher by 5 paise against its erstwhile close.
The rupee gained 2 paise to settee astatine 90.72 against the U.S. dollar connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026).
"The rupee remained range-bound with the dollar being protected by the RBI," 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 0.08 per cent higher astatine 97.22.
"The dollar scale was somewhat higher, and analysts expect scope for a near-term rebound aft a prolonged slump. Strong U.S. maturation and overseas concern involvement supported the dollar," Mr. Bhansali added.
Brent crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, was trading 0.22% higher astatine $67.57 per tube successful futures trade.
On the home equity marketplace front, Sensex jumped 283.29 points to settee astatine 83,734.25, portion the Nifty precocious 93.95 points to 25,819.35.
On Tuesday (February 17, 2026), overseas organization investors turned nett buyers and purchased equities worthy ₹995.21 crore, according to speech data.
