Rupee rises 9 paise to close at 87.93 against U.S. dollar

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The rupee roseate 9 paise to adjacent astatine 87.93 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar connected Monday (October 20, 2025), supported by overseas money inflows and little crude lipid prices.

Positive sentiments successful the home equity markets lent further enactment to the section unit, according to forex traders.

At the interbank overseas exchange, the rupee opened astatine 87.94 against the U.S. dollar and traded successful the scope of 87.74-87.94 during the time earlier settling astatine 87.93 (provisional), higher by 9 paise against its erstwhile close.

On Friday, the rupee closed astatine 88.02 against the U.S. dollar.

"The Reserve Bank of India ensured that the rupee opened beneath 88... There was nary circumstantial improvement connected the India-U.S. commercialized front, portion connected the U.S.-China front, the talks by authorities officials gave anticipation that U.S.-China commercialized developments could beryllium solved amicably," Anil Kumar Bhansali, Executive Director, Finrex, said.

Stock exchanges volition clasp a peculiar Muhurat trading league connected Tuesday from 1.45 p.m. to 2.45 p.m. for Laxmi Pujan, according to notices by the BSE and the NSE.

The forex markets, however, volition beryllium closed connected Tuesday and Wednesday.

"After 2 days' holidays from Tuesday, the rupee is expected to beryllium successful the scope of 87.70-88.30 connected Thursday," Bhansali added.

Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's spot against a handbasket of six currencies, edged up 0.1% to 98.53.

Brent crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, fell 0.36% to $61.07 per tube successful futures trade.

On the home equity marketplace front, Sensex soared 411.18 points to settee astatine 84,363.37, portion Nifty climbed 133.30 points to 25,843.15.

Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) purchased equities worthy ₹308.98 crore connected Friday, according to speech data.

India's forex reserves dropped by $2.176 cardinal to $697.784 cardinal during the week ended October 10, the RBI information released connected Friday showed.

Published - October 20, 2025 04:50 p.m. IST

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