(US $ Million)

Merchant

Inter-bank

Position Date

FCY / INR

FCY / FCY

FCY / INR

FCY / FCY

Spot

Forward

Forward

Spot

Forward

Forward

Spot

Swap

Forward

Spot

Swap

Forward

Cancellation

Cancellation

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Purchases

January

1,

2003

123

65

5

—

4

2

486

643

15

14

4

1

January

2,

2003

277

167

7

2

9

7

808

1432

29

232

99

21

January

3,

2003

277

87

10

4

44

12

500

731

25

318

132

—

January

6,

2003

370

138

62

3

129

23

704

969

34

411

178

1

January

7,

2003

378

169

18

35

19

10

679

1049

14

365

81

1

January

8,

2003

324

108

24

5

11

7

653

1010

12

296

78

3

January

9,

2003

382

155

47

9

31

28

876

1033

24

401

114

3

January

10,

2003

385

199

20

5

21

23

1177

1010

34

362

118

4

January

13,

2003

404

340

29

4

29

15

757

1176

90

394

125

2

January

14,

2003

403

212

41

15

45

28

1023

1418

36

492

110

2

January

15,

2003

521

200

23

6

27

31

804

1103

22

456

215

—

January

16,

2003

601

192

81

4

32

31

971

1464

82

429

203

16

January

17,

2003

427

126

39

3

120

8

758

1048

15

312

362

1

January

20,

2003

330

137

15

5

35

16

671

506

9

324

86

1

January

21,

2003

365

145

71

2

23

90

639

1189

53

356

216

2

January

22,

2003

426

123

65

3

19

42

751

1038

41

513

220

1

January

23,

2003

318

96

34

10

14

24

955

993

37

465

188

5

January

24,

2003

471

136

84

6

21

26

825

977

42

394

168

2

January

27,

2003

371

137

27

11

14

21

672

1093

29

420

177

5

January

28,

2003

444

212

37

7

23

18

845

1186

45

491

250

4

January

29,

2003

370

224

122

8

22

26

875

1315

34

460

446

5

January

30,

2003

444

258

747

5

30

8

933

1657

90

489

238

16

January

31,

2003

506

367

129

9

30

76

846

1504

59

379

313

12

Sales

January

1,

2003

69

21

12

—

2

1

587

446

20

14

1

1

January

2,

2003

303

72

30

2

6

9

808

1271

57

249

80

20

January

3,

2003

210

104

34

24

29

10

460

715

20

317

109

—

January

6,

2003

281

156

61

2

81

67

859

993

41

404

131

2

January

7,

2003

273

120

90

35

15

16

778

946

39

389

82

—

January

8,

2003

249

169

63

6

20

9

628

904

9

292

77

4

January

9,

2003

293

160

147

12

33

25

803

884

24

417

108

2

January

10,

2003

306

102

45

6

18

20

1476

916

31

388

119

3

January

13,

2003

363

179

137

3

25

15

703

1048

48

419

128

5

January

14,

2003

248

211

103

13

39

32

1243

1168

42

500

117

2

January

15,

2003

453

209

58

2

23

30

813

988

22

480

197

—

January

16,

2003

523

99

63

4

28

31

1108

1365

85

430

207

16

January

17,

2003

352

82

34

1

118

7

925

876

33

330

376

1

January

20,

2003

355

766

46

4

36

9

631

454

6

339

92

1

January

21,

2003

443

58

42

3

20

94

594

980

57

384

216

2

January

22,

2003

343

122

120

5

54

9

702

854

40

493

183

—

January

23,

2003

259

152

53

10

50

20

584

1013

29

469

200

4

January

24,

2003

355

112

165

11

20

21

791

918

42

399

190

2

January

27,

2003

351

104

81

12

15

13

578

1102

50

456

179

4

January

28,

2003

313

172

155

8

27

19

859

1079

31

424

248

2

January

29,

2003

397

221

167

8

26

16

797

1099

44

468

377

7

January

30,

2003

368

910

85

4

29

12

1264

1702

34

509

232

10

January

31,

2003

559

186

118

9

39

77

953

1473

78

392

293

13

FCY

:

Foreign Currency.

INR : Indian Rupees.

Note

:

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