(US$ Million)

Merchant

Inter-bank

FCY / INR

FCY / FCY

FCY / INR

FCY / FCY

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5

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8

9

10

11

12

13

Purchases

Aug.

1, 2005

653

142

37

65

208

324

551

1,224

263

1,422

574

64

Aug.

2, 2005

1,062

462

119

122

296

483

2,033

2,257

204

1,015

847

37

Aug.

3, 2005

811

379

152

160

252

468

1,671

1,877

142

1,398

552

77

Aug.

4, 2005

892

474

307

78

191

371

2,525

1,974

247

1,037

392

60

Aug.

5, 2005

794

341

72

135

229

284

1,181

1,837

203

1,263

523

26

Sales

Aug.

1, 2005

597

190

55

140

217

355

493

1,161

72

1,255

719

66

Aug.

2, 2005

850

289

170

143

365

401

2,847

2,256

101

1,075

1,030

26

Aug.

3, 2005

744

281

233

171

268

401

1,528

1,928

154

1,376

661

75

Aug.

4, 2005

634

343

128

62

224

344

2,821

2,147

310

1,075

606

63

Aug.

5, 2005

741

114

110

148

218

300

1,182

3,449

215

1,251

569

37

FCY : Foreign Currency. INR : Indian Rupees.
Note : Data relate to purchases and sales of foreign exchange on account of merchant and inter-bank transactions.