Indian Rupee falls further amid prolong Hormuz closure, FIIs selling pressure

The Indian Rupee weakened further as the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz intensified concerns over elevated oil import costs, widening India’s trade and current account deficit outlook. The bearish pressure on INR is being amplified by sustained foreign institutional investor (FII) selling in Indian equities, triggering capital outflows and reducing dollar liquidity in the local market. This dual pressure—on external balances and capital flows—is undermining rate differential support and increasing INR vulnerability to global risk-off sentiment. The combination of higher crude prices and equity market outflows is forcing the Reserve Bank of India to balance intervention in the forex market with monetary policy stability. Traders will closely watch the upcoming CPI inflation data and FII debt inflow trends as near-term catalysts for INR direction.

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