(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

Cancellation

Cancellation

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Purchases

December

2,

2002

381

235

30

9

29

26

906

1621

121

350

211

1

December

3,

2002

319

174

16

9

34

13

752

1431

107

389

213

2

December

4,

2002

314

149

19

2

55

63

848

1320

74

407

250

1

December

5,

2002

375

158

27

4

41

35

811

1066

79

348

151

2

December

6,

2002

202

114

8

17

19

14

434

653

46

245

179

0

December

9,

2002

523

105

19

4

69

24

813

1154

107

310

152

8

December

10,

2002

372

293

21

3

34

9

694

988

119

341

154

3

December

11,

2002

380

124

32

9

15

13

718

1176

125

275

99

2

December

12,

2002

361

268

8

9

20

12

1048

1006

190

655

112

3

December

13,

2002

400

135

20

20

54

14

718

1372

174

500

163

8

December

16,

2002

448

166

34

6

23

15

617

986

49

353

160

5

December

17,

2002

393

141

27

8

36

25

772

898

36

449

164

2

December

18,

2002

438

145

68

6

36

8

713

890

26

538

121

1

December

19,

2002

517

239

34

8

19

9

974

1260

31

290

89

3

December

20,

2002

359

264

131

9

15

21

885

1291

73

220

118

16

December

23,

2002

544

244

27

11

39

14

789

1504

29

192

179

14

December

24,

2002

483

269

34

8

25

6

812

1173

59

252

249

13

December

25,

2002+

December

26,

2002

364

176

24

7

19

18

585

777

26

418

55

2

December

27,

2002

412

155

116

6

13

6

588

1103

30

157

347

23

December

30,

2002

406

206

63

8

18

37

655

1244

60

178

146

24

December

31,

2002

397

422

66

5

49

13

1052

1571

33

155

113

20

Sales

December

2,

2002

434

111

72

7

26

48

918

1382

172

366

200

1

December

3,

2002

285

118

81

8

40

12

880

1249

105

408

213

5

December

4,

2002

245

205

108

7

39

76

904

1098

111

407

252

3

December

5,

2002

350

114

24

3

33

33

927

1045

105

349

137

4

December

6,

2002

235

59

31

18

28

3

377

630

39

251

171

0

December

9,

2002

545

78

51

4

50

25

851

886

127

326

158

8

December

10,

2002

288

74

64

3

26

10

928

864

173

347

175

3

December

11,

2002

301

86

50

8

15

19

767

1028

151

283

105

2

December

12,

2002

384

35

48

6

7

34

1517

888

103

652

108

3

December

13,

2002

343

83

57

20

41

16

732

1250

70

503

159

8

December

16,

2002

435

136

86

5

21

21

596

860

35

427

159

5

December

17,

2002

215

100

36

8

22

47

1087

868

23

455

178

2

December

18,

2002

380

61

75

8

31

12

791

974

30

543

128

1

December

19,

2002

318

176

51

5

23

10

1117

1101

29

275

94

3

December

20,

2002

336

169

183

8

16

20

997

1096

39

231

116

14

December

23,

2002

391

106

66

11

24

31

990

1352

17

190

196

14

December

24,

2002

539

70

123

16

23

11

866

1169

43

262

285

11

December

25,

2002+

December

26,

2002

553

123

47

4

23

23

518

729

28

482

102

2

December

27,

2002

363

300

62

11

11

14

538

1095

53

169

362

22

December

30,

2002

431

480

33

7

28

34

763

1106

74

186

160

25

December

31,

2002

318

171

83

6

49

19

1463

1504

41

172

108

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.