(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

Jul.

31, 2000

387

466

60

16

25

23

816

951

79

413

116

27

Aug.

1, 2000

266

122

31

13

19

8

705

1048

146

405

115

20

Aug.

2, 2000

310

117

35

23

38

25

954

1000

136

496

119

17

Aug.

3, 2000

301

73

13

18

35

17

909

1357

142

523

68

7

Aug.

4, 2000

216

55

19

20

20

18

809

921

87

399

83

14

Aug.

7, 2000

313

97

32

25

60

35

846

1532

152

458

108

12

Aug.

8, 2000

213

94

31

4

10

7

706

1258

169

382

89

6

Aug.

9, 2000

206

216

48

26

12

7

841

2045

151

371

65

5

Aug.

10, 2000

244

56

71

14

14

12

649

1209

126

397

68

6

Aug.

11, 2000

288

164

32

26

41

18

890

1259

202

390

69

10

Sales

Jul.

31, 2000

378

549

32

16

27

31

648

999

82

415

118

21

Aug.

1, 2000

225

203

14

11

20

10

714

1015

128

409

124

20

Aug.

2, 2000

376

217

26

23

29

25

888

962

111

505

133

17

Aug.

3, 2000

255

158

8

18

27

17

886

1224

125

550

91

8

Aug.

4, 2000

255

162

15

19

21

19

742

838

66

411

105

13

Aug.

7, 2000

243

263

34

25

75

36

737

1465

164

469

110

12

Aug.

8, 2000

227

192

11

4

11

7

689

1080

178

390

97

6

Aug.

9, 2000

316

152

13

27

15

8

804

1589

203

404

75

5

Aug.

10, 2000

299

83

36

14

18

15

612

1179

176

412

77

5

Aug.

11, 2000

304

287

30

28

38

18

830

1173

200

408

79

10

FCY : Foreign Currency

INR : Indian Rupees.

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