(US $ Million)

Merchant

Inter-bank

Position

FCY/INR

FCY/FCY

FCY/INR

FCY/FCY

Date

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

April 1,

1999*

April 2,

1999+

April 5,

1999

461

98

37

47

58

49

497

795

109

298

209

37

April 6,

1999

301

116

37

40

29

44

838

916

92

329

162

15

April 7,

1999

261

55

31

79

38

36

797

873

57

400

291

44

April 8,

1999

210

51

20

37

44

15

520

793

72

360

286

31

April 9,

1999

268

56

21

42

22

21

654

651

95

463

164

28

April 12,

1999

223

46

31

27

33

23

411

461

99

313

217

23

April 13,

1999

207

48

38

14

26

17

602

430

134

327

155

15

April 14,

1999+

April 15,

1999

238

52

40

38

34

16

723

751

84

301

178

23

April 16,

1999

252

106

94

50

62

40

646

769

72

368

172

23

April 19,

1999

253

127

50

10

19

12

646

694

81

282

141

9

April 20,

1999

214

141

53

32

24

21

455

663

82

342

305

15

April 21,

1999

255

67

137

26

28

17

513

559

48

286

173

9

April 22,

1999

205

47

88

33

42

20

492

840

99

338

157

35

April 23,

1999

200

69

192

7

36

37

433

684

228

266

166

24

April 26,

1999

326

116

149

21

20

13

598

703

123

280

173

27

April 27,

1999+

April 28,

1999

307

102

116

27

40

26

631

1231

136

244

286

81

April 29,

1999

341

104

87

31

30

20

417

690

120

264

128

35

April 30,

1999+

Sales

April 1,

1999*

April 2,

1999+

April 5,

1999

361

172

18

29

61

45

507

933

97

317

238

35

April 6,

1999

237

219

39

15

25

39

838

1001

90

319

164

16

April 7,

1999

215

179

16

31

38

26

746

892

87

418

291

44

April 8,

1999

221

114

9

21

43

22

495

911

68

398

122

32

April 9,

1999

303

84

20

14

19

28

585

733

80

467

171

29

April 12,

1999

267

95

12

7

40

21

354

444

89

328

217

23

April 13,

1999

255

140

8

4

28

19

504

450

99

320

306

15

April 14,

1999+

April 15,

1999

252

161

10

13

37

17

686

763

55

310

174

23

April 16,

1999

242

174

17

21

68

35

782

834

104

409

192

23

April 19,

1999

242

182

26

3

23

11

609

669

67

264

147

9

April 20,

1999

214

155

69

17

27

16

474

714

87

376

304

15

April 21,

1999

232

190

25

9

26

23

503

599

102

303

216

17

April 22,

1999

209

140

18

15

38

24

516

798

102

360

158

36

April 23,

1999

240

177

35

6

44

31

418

749

216

284

171

23

April 26,

1999

400

270

37

2

17

17

586

691

123

301

192

25

April 27,

1999+

April 28,

1999

356

230

56

10

34

26

609

1159

146

276

278

79

April 29,

1999

337

187

34

11

29

19

424

732

130

293

139

34

April 30,

1999+

FCY

: Foreign Currency

INR

: Indian Rupees.

*

: Yearly Closing of banks.

+

: Market closed.

Note

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