(US $ Million)

Position

Merchant

Inter-bank

Date

FCY / INR

FCY / FCY

FCY/ INR

FCY / FCY

Spot

Forward

Forward

Spot

Forward

Forward

Spot

Swap

Forward

Spot

Swap

Forward

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lation

lation

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Purchases

January

1,

2001

182

24

1

6

4

-

242

492

57

7

-

-

January

2,

2001

221

79

23

6

13

4

352

1150

119

247

177

26

January

3,

2001

267

72

21

26

20

3

478

1132

102

406

116

21

January

4,

2001

324

91

10

17

19

35

567

1190

84

412

136

18

January

5,

2001

353

49

12

8

43

16

437

1600

77

379

113

9

January

8,

2001

355

62

18

9

19

4

501

1292

76

387

106

7

January

9,

2001

315

76

13

9

42

17

572

1346

84

390

131

9

January

10,

2001

347

57

19

17

18

7

732

1226

98

454

115

7

January

11,

2001

277

60

19

99

102

16

383

1358

153

398

84

38

January

12,

2001

253

67

52

8

21

17

805

1111

83

347

76

5

January

15,

2001

295

72

16

9

14

8

796

662

76

409

579

10

January

16,

2001

260

47

34

7

11

17

589

1095

58

419

170

4

January

17,

2001

698

61

53

16

22

18

1366

1508

93

435

118

6

January

18,

2001

361

76

26

12

20

11

667

976

74

438

94

12

January

19,

2001

298

54

33

4

10

9

712

1097

65

331

71

3

January

22,

2001

422

73

8

8

10

10

655

691

61

425

85

6

January

23,

2001

376

101

27

8

16

8

725

1002

62

554

76

16

January

24,

2001

347

55

26

10

9

5

485

972

105

488

83

8

January

25,

2001

436

124

50

18

19

11

986

874

152

472

146

5

January

26,

2001 +

January

29,

2001

586

84

112

21

30

11

856

1333

111

371

181

12

January

30,

2001

419

99

161

27

16

16

729

1266

101

419

152

19

January

31,

2001

396

113

120

9

15

22

735

1339

104

384

119

15

Sales

January

1,

2001

144

56

3

5

4

-

194

491

57

9

-

-

January

2,

2001

320

97

6

5

12

5

416

1023

85

252

107

27

January

3,

2001

326

91

12

53

16

4

384

927

111

406

110

25

January

4,

2001

390

135

13

17

22

11

520

1024

100

421

126

26

January

5,

2001

341

94

28

7

33

17

385

1472

61

378

113

10

January

8,

2001

289

125

10

9

18

9

495

1091

95

382

102

5

January

9,

2001

267

141

35

9

35

32

604

1234

92

428

132

9

January

10,

2001

259

190

25

16

19

11

800

1065

103

483

112

7

January

11,

2001

261

162

21

65

89

17

360

1477

145

406

69

34

January

12,

2001

283

136

27

8

19

17

717

1112

78

357

93

9

January

15,

2001

287

133

14

8

14

5

706

593

91

433

66

10

January

16,

2001

230

217

14

6

14

14

563

992

57

424

173

4

January

17,

2001

427

174

34

16

26

7

1528

1294

83

485

121

6

January

18,

2001

231

160

76

11

22

10

719

788

93

456

125

11

January

19,

2001

225

135

2

4

11

9

788

988

63

344

66

3

January

22,

2001

319

137

8

8

11

8

734

546

65

430

99

4

January

23,

2001

237

115

14

6

19

13

773

799

187

580

84

11

January

24,

2001

275

86

10

9

15

3

512

778

116

502

82

7

January

25,

2001

371

189

18

17

41

14

935

723

129

425

144

5

January

26,

2001 +

January

29,

2001

585

329

38

11

23

22

841

1101

91

376

184

13

January

30,

2001

314

317

57

30

20

14

810

1151

64

439

149

22

January

31,

2001

343

191

65

6

30

21

804

1137

94

409

111

15

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.