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NEW DELHI: Rupee continued to descent against the US dollar connected Monday. It ended 8 paise little astatine 90.28 (provisional) against the US dollar, pressured by steadfast American currency and anemic equity marketplace sentiment.Renewed geopolitical tensions triggered by the US subject enactment successful Venezuela strengthened the dollar crossed planetary markets, forex dealers said, overshadowing the supportive interaction of little crude lipid prices connected the rupee astatine weaker levels, reported PTI. The home currency opened astatine 90.21 successful the interbank market, slid to a league debased of 90.50 amid sustained dollar buying, and aboriginal recovered partially to adjacent astatine 90.28 (provisional).
The league marked the rupee’s losing streak for a 4th consecutive day, taking its cumulative autumn to 53 paise since December 30, 2025, erstwhile it had settled astatine 89.75 against the US dollar.The rupee weakened arsenic escalating geopolitical tensions betwixt the US and Venezuela triggered hazard aversion successful currency markets, according to Anuj Choudhary, Research Analyst – Commodities Research astatine Mirae Asset Sharekhan, arsenic quoted by PTI.
Although the rupee recovered immoderate enactment from softer crude lipid prices and overseas money inflows seen astatine the extremity of past week, Choudhary added that easing lipid prices could assistance bounds downside unit astatine little levels, portion immoderate involution by the Reserve Bank of India whitethorn besides lend support. He further said that marketplace participants are apt to way the US ISM manufacturing PMI for further cues, with the USD-INR spot brace expected to determination wrong the 90–90.60 range. Reflecting the risk-off sentiment, the dollar index, measuring the currency against a handbasket of six large currencies, was up 0.24 per cent astatine 98.39. Meanwhile, Brent crude futures slipped 0.36 per cent to $60.53 per barrel. Domestic equities besides remained nether pressure, with the benchmark Sensex falling 322.39 points, oregon 0.38 per cent, to adjacent astatine 85,439.62, portion the Nifty declined 78.25 points, oregon 0.30 per cent, to extremity astatine 26,250.30. Foreign organization investors, however, provided immoderate relief, turning nett buyers with equity purchases worthy Rs 289.80 crore connected Friday, according to speech data. Additionally, Reserve Bank of India information released connected Friday showed India’s overseas speech reserves roseate by$3.293 cardinal to $696.61 cardinal successful the week that ended December 26, pursuing an summation of $4.368 cardinal successful the erstwhile reporting period.
