Indian rupee depreciates against US dollar amid global geopolitical uncertainty

23 Jun 2025 Evaluate

Indian rupee depreciated against the US dollar on Monday amid a strengthening dollar and volatile crude oil prices following the U.S. strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Traders were cautious as Ministry of Commerce & Industry in its latest data has showed that the output of eight key infrastructure sectors slowed down to 0.7 per cent, lowest in nine months, in May 2025 against 6.9 per cent in the same month last year. The previous low pace was recorded in August 2024 when the output had contracted by -1.5 per cent. In April this year, the growth in output of these key infrastructure sectors were recorded at 1 per cent. On the global front, antipodean currencies such as the Australia and the New Zealand dollars weakened against other major currencies in the Asian session on Monday due to increased risk-off mood by the investors, amid escalation in the middle east conflict after the U.S. joined Israel in the weeks-long war with Iran, with U.S. carrying out a ‘successful’ airstrike on three nuclear sites in Iran over the weekend. This has heightened fears of a broader regional conflict.

Finally, the rupee ended at 86.78 (Provisional), depreciated by 23 paise from its previous close of 86.55 on Friday. The currency touched a high and low of 86.85 and 86.67 respectively.

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