The Indian rupee was also mostly range-bound on the second consecutive trading session on Wednesday, February 25, 2026 before closing provisionally 1 paisa weaker to the U.S. dollar at 90.96 (provisional). Currency traders pinned the minor fall to the increasing world oil prices and continued foreign outflow of funds which pressured the domestic unit.
The rupee kicked off at the interbank foreign exchange market at 90.94 to the greenback and traded within a small margins range all through the trading session. It turned volatile at times, but later stabilized at 90.96 as compared to its last close of 90.95.
The analysts in the forex market indicated that a weaker U.S. dollar in the international markets and positive moods in the local equities contained the more severe losses. Dollar index which tracks the strength of the greenback compared to a basket of six major currencies was trading 0.05 per cent lower at 97.79 in the course of the session.
In the meantime, Brent crude futures, the global marker of oil, gained 0.06 percent to reach a price of 70.76 per barrel. An appreciation of crude prices usually has a negative effect on the rupee since India is a strong importer of oil, which puts pressure on the demand of the dollar.
The domestic equity markets had a positive end. BSE Sensex was up by 50.15 points and closed at 82,276.07, and NSE Nifty rose by 57.85 points and ended at 25,482.50.
Exchange information revealed that foreign institutional investors (FIIs) continued to sell equities worth 102.53 crore in net sales on Tuesday, which contributed to currency market pressure.
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