We report the result of an XMM-Newton observation of the black-hole X-ray transient XTE J1650–500 in quiescence .
The source was not detected and we set upper limits on the 0.5–10 keV luminosity of 0.9 - 1.0 \times 10 ^ { 31 } erg s ^ { -1 } ( for a newly derived distance of 2.6 kpc ) .
These limits are in line with the quiescent luminosities of black-hole X-ray binaries with similar orbital periods ( \sim 7–8 hr ) .