(US$ Million)

Merchant

Inter-bank

FCY / INR

FCY / FCY

FCY / INR

FCY / FCY

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1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Purchases

Sep.

2, 2002

291

232

31

4

27

8

437

455

26

238

30

4

Sep.

3, 2002

232

363

83

23

20

16

561

1668

66

392

181

5

Sep.

4, 2002

367

311

16

40

13

30

620

1700

46

388

190

3

Sep.

5, 2002

345

252

8

2

38

15

573

1890

77

471

192

1

Sep.

6, 2002

423

222

44

15

52

23

885

970

89

381

199

4

Sales

Sep.

2, 2002

340

99

120

3

20

17

416

453

42

321

32

3

Sep.

3, 2002

309

55

127

2

21

40

650

1549

70

368

161

5

Sep.

4, 2002

338

156

139

30

18

31

758

1623

61

407

187

4

Sep.

5, 2002

327

168

53

2

18

16

610

1747

84

468

167

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Sep.

6, 2002

378

143

69

13

50

23

898

993

71

385

203

2

FCY : Foreign Currency.

INR : Indian Rupees.

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