(US $ million)

Position Date

Merchant

Inter-bank

FCY/INR

FCY/FCY

FCY/INR

FCY/FCY

Spot

Forward

Forward
Cancel-
lation

Spot

Forward

Forward
Cancel-
lation

Spot

Swap

Forward

Spot

Swap

Forward

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Purchases

Mar. 5, 2012

2,541

1,046

385

260

152

123

6,211

6,720

877

2,898

1,085

67

Mar. 6, 2012

2,369

1,309

392

266

142

178

6,741

6,856

1,176

3,347

2,277

176

Mar. 7, 2012

2,738

1,184

756

367

221

230

6,053

8,073

1,337

2,634

2,004

154

Mar. 8, 2012 +

Mar. 9, 2012

3,793

624

594

162

303

269

6,460

7,905

541

2,761

1,701

97

Sales

Mar. 5, 2012

2,807

1,008

413

265

229

124

5,792

7,463

855

2,979

1,040

69

Mar. 6, 2012

3,586

1,539

175

263

201

178

5,916

7,389

958

3,159

2,150

81

Mar. 7, 2012

2,886

1,316

581

362

230

231

5,505

8,757

1,589

2,671

1,920

159

Mar. 8, 2012 +

Mar. 9, 2012

3,201

1,293

648

160

355

277

6,154

8,164

789

2,764

1,614

99

FCY: Foreign Currency.     INR: Indian Rupees.     + Market closed.
Note : Data relate to purchases and sales of foreign exchange on account of merchant and inter-bank transactions.