(US$ Million)

Merchant

Inter-bank

FCY/INR

FCY/FCY

FCY/ INR

FCY/FCY

Spot

Forward

Forward

Spot

Forward

Forward

Spot

Swap

Forward

Spot

Swap

Forward

Cancel-

Cancel-

Position Date

lation

lation

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Purchases

Aug.

30, 1999

295

53

136

2

22

20

394

700

144

259

139

16

Aug.

31, 1999

218

46

25

28

60

38

373

643

31

461

229

31

Sep.

1, 1999

157

29

4

15

34

28

347

458

90

439

172

34

Sep.

2, 1999

115

40

10

20

35

18

304

372

101

260

129

77

Sep.

3, 1999

147

23

9

26

47

26

266

333

40

446

133

40

Sales

Aug.

30, 1999

317

186

24

3

19

13

399

808

120

264

145

14

Aug.

31, 1999

263

56

23

29

39

22

423

562

28

506

235

52

Sep.

1, 1999

141

38

4

15

31

28

392

485

67

432

167

27

Sep.

2, 1999

154

36

2

19

30

19

256

384

108

338

143

76

Sep.

3, 1999

89

26

2

27

42

26

301

345

43

498

141

40

FCY : Foreign Currency

INR : Indian Rupees.

Note : Data relate to sales and purchases of foreign exchange on account of merchant and inter-bank transactions.