Rupee rises 5 paise to close at 90.69 against US dollar

The rupee gained 5 paise to settee astatine 90.69 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026), backed by affirmative home equity markets and little crude prices overseas.

Sustained outflow of overseas funds and a steadfast American currency, however, weighed connected the Indian currency and capped its gains, forex traders said.

In the interbank overseas speech market, the rupee opened astatine 90.72 against the U.S. dollar and moved successful a choky range, touching a precocious of 90.64 and a debased of 90.78 successful intraday deals.

The portion yet ended the league astatine 90.69 (provisional) against the greenback, registering a summation of 5 paise from its erstwhile closing level.

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

Anuj Choudhary, Research Analyst, Mirae Asset ShareKhan, said that the rupee traded with a flimsy antagonistic bias connected FII outflows and a affirmative dollar. However, a affirmative code successful the home markets and softening of crude lipid prices cushioned the downside.

“Investors whitethorn present ticker retired for lodging marketplace and GDP information from the U.S. this week. USD-INR spot terms is expected to commercialized successful a scope of ₹90.50 to ₹91,” Mr. Choudhary said.

Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s spot against a handbasket of six currencies, was trading 0.22% higher astatine 97.03.

Brent crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, was trading 0.83% little astatine $68.08 per tube successful futures trade.

On the home equity marketplace front, Sensex roseate 173.81 points oregon 0.21% to settee astatine 83,450.96, portion the Nifty went up 42.65 points oregon 0.17% to 25,725.40.

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

Government information released connected Monday (February 16) showed 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.

Imports roseate 19.2% - the highest truthful far, this fiscal - to a three-month precocious of $71.24 cardinal successful January, driven by a crisp emergence successful inbound shipments of golden and metallic owed to higher prices, the information showed.