Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty rose 139.50 points or 0.80 percent to 17,661.95.įoreign institutional investors (FIIs) remained net buyers in the capital markets, as they purchased shares worth Rs 369.06 crore on Thursday (August 25), according to provisional data. In the equity markets, the 30-share BSE Sensex was trading 471.65 points or 0.80 percent up at 59,246.37.
“Higher oil prices and a weak start in the Asian and emerging market peers could keep appreciating bias capped,” Sriram Iyer, Senior Research Analyst at Reliance Securities said, adding that markets could remain range bound ahead of the monthly August futures expiry as well. Get the latest United States Dollar to Indian rupee (USD / INR) real-time quote, historical performance, charts, and other financial information to help you make more informed trading and. The dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, advanced 0.05 percent to 108.51.īrent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, advanced 0.83 percent to $100.16 per barrel.įorex traders said, the rupee is expected to witness range-bound trade this Friday, as investors await Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech for further clues about the pace of the US central bank’s rate hikes. world currency rates against the US dollar at the beginning of the business day and the middle rate of the USD/LKR spot exchange rate (LKR per 1 USD).
In the previous session, the rupee declined by 6 paise to close at 79.92 against the American currency.