(US $ Million)

Merchant

Inter-bank

Position

FCY/INR

FCY/FCY

FCY/INR

FCY/FCY

Date

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1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Purchases

November 2,1998

258

69

71

24

43

93

394

705

154

562

303

52

November 3,1998

216

67

33

11

154

141

394

551

127

649

231

41

November 4,1998+

November 5,1998

275

65

26

33

109

65

481

525

46

754

163

50

November 6,1998

257

53

29

9

25

69

415

477

62

479

206

16

November 9,1998

225

69

36

28

83

77

426

500

137

736

172

68

November10,1998

215

50

52

9

181

151

405

557

50

1122

123

52

November11,1998

205

54

54

9

64

97

300

319

53

760

142

25

November12,1998

170

89

41

24

80

87

555

526

73

691

141

10

November13,1998

246

43

25

28

41

54

476

371

43

889

100

26

November16,1998

234

41

21

25

64

29

395

455

44

683

141

16

November17,1998

194

49

55

18

49

38

505

580

97

588

163

19

November18,1998

191

44

31

10

19

21

423

656

131

597

50

19

November19,1998

193

44

12

7

59

54

542

617

88

615

143

57

November20,1998

202

40

34

15

42

30

393

555

73

460

74

77

November23,1998

304

71

53

22

34

39

375

625

84

481

108

28

November24,1998

204

30

44

29

56

48

249

480

111

515

179

88

November25,1998

169

27

53

11

30

28

277

421

67

459

129

29

November26,1998

240

74

151

19

21

22

632

493

117

386

197

16

November27,1998

260

65

97

17

19

35

576

695

95

339

241

20

November30,1998

293

77

117

30

46

51

634

587

74

313

89

28

Sales

November 2,1998

251

109

38

18

45

53

386

711

123

617

250

52

November 3,1998

265

66

53

10

153

43

393

627

109

661

230

38

November 4,1998+

November 5,1998

279

61

25

14

100

66

472

499

50

722

194

49

November 6,1998

241

78

21

5

23

36

414

500

47

514

154

17

November 9,1998

263

92

31

15

77

71

413

416

116

726

174

30

November10,1998

211

96

18

7

176

112

391

475

59

1097

152

52

November11,1998

163

137

44

7

64

63

282

360

50

834

118

26

November12,1998

262

82

18

8

81

63

566

474

75

732

144

8

November13,1998

219

76

13

17

42

51

484

395

50

909

103

26

November16,1998

269

74

18

19

62

30

328

440

60

676

134

15

November17,1998

195

93

33

11

47

38

434

638

106

598

196

20

November18,1998

173

142

22

6

17

24

396

635

108

617

54

19

November19,1998

191

108

26

6

61

51

480

562

85

612

160

58

November20,1998

203

112

22

11

41

77

379

537

64

463

67

33

November23,1998

258

170

33

16

34

42

363

585

91

491

113

27

November24,1998

153

149

13

28

57

119

228

513

116

452

199

88

November25,1998

207

93

19

9

26

28

250

429

92

457

114

29

November26,1998

282

203

43

14

20

26

580

481

104

404

286

16

November27,1998

339

170

27

9

33

33

545

708

97

368

276

20

November30,1998

320

216

75

11

44

50

551

612

103

312

92

28

FCY

:

Foreign Currency.

INR

:

Indian Rupees.

+

:

Market closed

Note

:

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