<h1>Currency depreciation pressures persist as dollar demand and foreign outflows weigh, keeping markets cautious ahead of trade talks.</h1> Rupee depreciation accelerated, driven by sustained dollar demand from oil importers and foreign capital outflows, with breaching of a key exchange-rate threshold intensifying downward momentum. Commodity and dollar-index movements influenced demand, while imminent trade negotiations are seen as a pivotal near-term factor that could either exacerbate or alleviate currency weakness; technical resistance and support levels were identified and foreign investor equity sales coincided with the currency's decline.