(US $ million)

Position Date

Merchant

Inter-bank

FCY / INR

FCY / FCY

FCY/INR

FCY/FCY

Spot

Forward

Forward Cancellation

Spot

Forward

Forward Cancellation

Spot

Swap

Forward

Spot

Swap

Forward

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Purchases

Mar.

2,  2009

1,425

1,169

656

216

657

544

6,291

6,373

726

2,733

1,789

174

Mar.

3,  2009

1,420

1,123

662

368

510

475

5,511

7,083

1,271

2,403

1,779

76

Mar.

4,  2009

1,116

828

566

232

578

536

4,309

5,456

854

2,115

1,596

62

Mar.

5,  2009

1,248

839

515

263

452

486

4,028

5,683

909

2,117

1,094

97

Mar.

6,  2009

1,636

936

605

184

554

514

4,239

5,531

782

2,066

1,659

84

Mar.

9,  2009

1,608

904

586

363

796

828

4,489

5,548

886

3,675

1,798

108

Mar.

10,  2009

2

1

—

—

—

—

2

3

—

—

33

—

Mar.

11,  2009

75

2

14

—

28

23

151

243

50

127

57

—

Mar.

12,  2009

2,128

1,006

840

411

1,181

1,359

4,306

6,898

733

4,278

2,383

295

Mar.

13,  2009

1,686

951

447

279

1,074

936

3,977

5,943

757

3,605

1,615

79

Mar.

16,  2009

1,502

1,042

1,047

368

599

536

5,359

6,052

517

2,925

1,455

162

Mar.

17,  2009

1,569

841

718

188

586

550

4,497

6,679

727

2,428

1,204

98

Mar.

18,  2009

1,602

788

384

157

827

580

4,355

8,015

761

3,000

1,882

339

Mar.

19,  2009

1,357

1,504

834

577

1,038

966

8,337

7,787

1,822

4,172

2,735

857

Mar.

20,  2009

3,232

1,235

563

224

927

556

6,020

8,109

1,757

2,952

1,657

267

Mar.

23,  2009

1,436

1,234

599

237

762

760

3,975

7,629

1,102

3,287

2,257

155

Mar.

24,  2009

1,522

708

748

346

646

646

5,025

9,153

562

3,249

2,572

125

Mar.

25,  2009

1,873

1,186

992

555

620

540

5,312

9,161

1,146

3,198

1,818

91

Mar.

26,  2009

3,337

1,882

2,064

698

725

908

6,107

9,947

1,914

3,367

2,568

326

Mar.

27, 2009

59

61

5

15

41

42

76

116

—

386

197

4

Mar.

30,  2009

3,322

1,641

2,326

931

877

1,109

5,836

10,831

1,874

4,226

3,435

214

Mar.

31,  2009

2,850

1,772

1,489

272

623

1,021

6,068

9,038

2,036

3,015

2,949

171

Sales

Mar.

2,  2009

1,753

1,871

522

183

662

601

5,221

6,884

1,063

2,713

1,848

194

Mar.

3,  2009

1,487

1,535

417

335

514

428

5,128

7,913

1,275

2,451

1,878

73

Mar.

4,  2009

1,264

1,093

369

213

578

537

4,126

5,845

779

1,917

1,694

98

Mar.

5,  2009

1,234

1,378

356

254

437

477

3,522

5,688

852

2,112

1,121

94

Mar.

6,  2009

1,746

885

748

180

534

480

3,901

5,911

779

2,059

1,832

466

Mar.

9,  2009

1,990

988

437

340

764

827

3,767

6,213

1,358

3,700

1,896

105

Mar.

10,  2009

2

1

—

—

—

—

2

—

—

—

33

—

Mar.

11,  2009

76

5

1

—

28

6

256

200

—

127

57

—

Mar.

12,  2009

2,074

1,174

641

403

1,168

1,396

4,055

7,278

893

4,269

2,522

298

Mar.

13,  2009

1,543

936

474

282

1,052

968

3,774

5,994

1,015

3,203

1,632

88

Mar.

16,  2009

1,434

1,420

921

360

595

527

5,005

6,048

757

2,944

1,618

149

Mar.

17,  2009

1,512

968

372

180

589

559

4,058

7,007

968

2,448

1,344

106

Mar.

18,  2009

1,236

843

272

152

817

583

3,949

8,006

881

2,966

1,757

359

Mar.

19,  2009

1,535

1,748

679

572

1,003

1,166

7,278

8,266

1,762

4,157

2,831

861

Mar.

20,  2009

1,677

2,601

659

223

909

575

5,680

7,932

2,045

2,958

1,807

284

Mar.

23,  2009

1,742

874

715

234

763

807

3,847

7,551

927

3,306

2,251

123

Mar.

24,  2009

1,923

707

314

327

642

715

4,831

7,756

673

3,278

2,674

122

Mar.

25,  2009

2,084

1,525

714

550

599

519

5,090

9,348

1,412

2,879

1,853

81

Mar.

26,  2009

3,500

2,014

1,553

698

707

1,005

5,880

9,350

1,482

3,339

2,745

324

Mar.

27, 2009

221

12

42

15

39

43

55

161

9

362

204

4

Mar.

30,  2009

2,973

1,949

1,528

909

869

1,138

5,228

11,097

1,958

4,227

3,424

215

Mar.

31  2009

2,464

1,807

1,349

265

609

1,005

5,845

10,324

1,979

3,057

3,005

175

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.