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Indian rupee likely pinned near 95 as RBI defence counters oil headwinds

Pakistan Published 19 October 2026, 07:51 · archived 19 Oct 2026

MUMBAI: The Indian rupee is likely to be under pressure from high oil prices at Monday’s open, with the central bank’s dollar sales ​expected to support the currency and keep it near what traders ‌perceive to be the central bank’s soft defence line. The Indian rupee is expected to open in a 94.92 to 94.98 range, per traders, having settled at 94.96 to the dollar ​on Friday. The Indian rupee has oscillated around the 95-per-dollar mark in recent ​sessions, briefly strengthening past the level before struggling to sustain it. ⁠Subsequent declines past that level have repeatedly met resistance. T...

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