(US $ Million)

Merchant

Inter-bank

Position

FCY / INR

FCY / FCY

FCY / INR

FCY / FCY

Date

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

Dec.

3,

2001

378

122

3

29

57

31

647

1323

57

285

92

6

Dec.

4,

2001

291

55

19

12

13

12

561

1039

37

269

73

4

Dec.

5,

2001

297

50

21

24

6

2

595

1123

39

236

80

12

Dec.

6,

2001

246

74

16

14

15

38

426

1214

71

250

166

10

Dec.

7,

2001

263

46

18

7

13

7

557

1247

45

250

77

3

Dec.

10,

2001

308

90

35

8

10

6

545

779

47

247

76

3

Dec.

11,

2001

457

87

43

12

11

16

848

880

39

237

106

5

Dec.

12,

2001

326

173

62

20

11

5

732

1070

80

313

86

7

Dec.

13,

2001

398

75

13

3

12

5

574

1037

39

314

109

5

Dec.

14,

2001

323

49

63

6

18

15

371

1044

57

440

92

5

Dec.

17,

2001 +

Dec.

18,

2001

510

99

69

4

23

25

730

1187

79

473

174

3

Dec.

19,

2001

298

55

112

10

21

16

564

1072

117

335

123

9

Dec.

20,

2001

322

57

55

13

16

12

561

1059

77

280

132

20

Dec.

21,

2001

329

112

59

13

37

10

486

719

51

240

110

51

Dec.

24,

2001

339

102

70

20

30

8

517

809

102

187

108

23

Dec.

25,

2001 +

Dec.

26,

2001

332

177

192

10

43

9

699

1116

143

133

152

4

Dec.

27,

2001

398

195

140

16

44

39

810

1562

114

559

202

36

Dec.

28,

2001

380

189

94

17

38

17

1024

1453

112

148

131

40

Dec.

31,

2001

357

117

47

4

8

2

747

1182

58

66

30

14

Sales

Dec.

3,

2001

325

124

57

29

59

30

673

1251

51

305

87

6

Dec.

4,

2001

212

130

26

12

7

14

550

1067

37

267

60

3

Dec.

5,

2001

237

139

4

22

7

3

691

1076

47

245

74

11

Dec.

6,

2001

198

120

18

15

9

38

399

1343

48

264

167

9

Dec.

7,

2001

294

129

17

7

11

8

482

1349

45

264

78

3

Dec.

10,

2001

287

76

19

10

9

11

587

873

38

265

78

3

Dec.

11,

2001

262

106

6

10

9

17

1006

890

71

243

93

6

Dec.

12,

2001

334

82

13

11

11

7

852

1261

67

342

77

7

Dec.

13,

2001

310

137

54

3

12

4

492

929

65

336

105

6

Dec.

14,

2001

352

201

39

8

36

23

338

917

37

417

92

4

Dec.

17,

2001 +

Dec.

18,

2001

396

138

23

4

29

44

845

1507

69

499

133

3

Dec.

19,

2001

273

150

13

10

37

16

630

1109

45

320

126

9

Dec.

20,

2001

330

93

23

12

14

31

581

1125

60

305

172

14

Dec.

21,

2001

355

133

4

12

39

10

474

633

60

245

107

42

Dec.

24,

2001

389

216

66

20

26

6

455

774

101

198

104

22

Dec.

25,

2001 +

Dec.

26,

2001

302

429

79

9

45

12

704

1243

84

146

160

6

Dec.

27,

2001

406

264

30

15

46

26

827

1583

76

571

213

46

Dec.

28,

2001

396

291

131

16

36

35

1007

1647

109

181

141

39

Dec.

31,

2001

290

135

24

3

11

19

936

1254

52

69

29

14

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.