(US$ Million)

Merchant

Inter-bank

FCY/INR

FCY/FCY

FCY/ INR

FCY/FCY

Spot

Forward

Forward

Spot

Forward

Forward

Spot

Swap

Forward

Spot

Swap

Forward

Cancel-

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Position Date

lation

lation

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Purchases

Aug.

2, 1999

255

67

11

31

25

22

366

580

23

483

112

20

Aug.

3, 1999

193

45

27

17

31

15

602

587

29

411

109

15

Aug.

4, 1999

174

56

12

34

34

33

309

766

48

532

185

16

Aug.

5, 1999

245

53

47

18

19

14

488

687

34

446

89

12

Aug.

6, 1999

166

50

12

14

20

20

374

587

22

437

86

4

Sales

Aug.

2, 1999

333

75

11

32

24

19

359

623

17

503

116

19

Aug.

3, 1999

282

80

5

17

27

13

441

611

45

392

109

16

Aug.

4, 1999

202

83

9

36

33

35

288

572

56

570

189

17

Aug.

5, 1999

298

185

6

19

23

15

398

642

17

456

147

10

Aug.

6, 1999

319

86

7

15

21

21

348

640

9

455

83

3

FCY : Foreign Currency

INR : Indian Rupees.

Note :

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