The Indian rupee has been falling behind in the early days, but it has slightly come up on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, gaining 9 paise to trade at 90.57 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar. The recovery was assisted by good signs in domestic equity markets and a gentler approach in the U.S. currency in the external trade.
In the foreign exchange market, the rupee traded at 90.63 relative to the dollar but was pressured in the first trade and in the process, dropped to an intra-day low of 90.77. It then regained momentum to reach a peak of 90.48 and closed the session in the positive territory.
The market players indicated that the rupee was helped by the inflow of constant foreign capital and returns in local stocks. But to some extent, the movements were restricted by the unexplained uncertainties around the world. The dollar index that tracks the performance of the greenback relative to a basket of six major currencies was trading at 96.82, showing a marginally higher growth of 0.01 per cent. The index has been falling under the 97 mark with the continued weakness and a larger trend of moving out of the dollar-denominated investments, despite the slight increase.
The reports that the Chinese regulators have recommended that the banks should cut back on the exposure to the U.S. Treasuries due to perceived policy risks also contributed to the pressure on the dollar by traders.
In the commodities market, the international oil benchmark, Brent crude, was being traded 0.16 per cent lower at USD 68.93 per barrel in the futures trade, which provided some relieving effect to the rupee because India is a large importer of oil.
On the equity side, benchmarks have developed positively, as the BSE Sensex increased by 208.17 points to close at 84,273.92, whereas the NSE Nifty has increased by 67.85 points to close at 25,935.15. In favor of sentiment, we have foreign institutional investors who were net buyers on Monday, and they bought equities worth 2,254.64 crore on Monday as per exchange data.
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