(US $ Million)

Position

Merchant

Inter-bank

Date

FCY / INR

FCY / FCY

FCY / INR

FCY / FCY

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lation

lation

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Purchases

March

1,

2000

275

111

14

36

49

24

781

1228

119

464

143

20

March

2,

2000

343

113

8

57

34

30

500

998

121

492

151

12

March

3,

2000

244

72

36

45

47

11

538

1066

101

388

145

19

March

6,

2000

374

98

3

24

27

14

757

581

54

409

119

15

March

7,

2000

282

82

23

18

26

11

463

667

45

339

80

13

March

8,

2000

422

112

52

27

65

26

536

761

113

490

314

33

March

9,

2000

425

167

57

27

32

29

480

923

59

389

117

38

March

10,

2000

396

161

14

33

22

22

654

725

44

318

147

49

March

13,

2000

641

63

31

46

36

16

778

590

36

486

104

14

March

14,

2000

492

75

13

51

37

29

447

956

178

323

137

28

March

15,

2000

582

119

45

50

33

22

926

920

138

510

165

15

March

16,

2000

445

75

17

68

23

17

594

786

75

349

103

46

March

17,

2000+

March

20,

2000+

March

21,

2000

680

95

23

24

35

25

757

778

53

228

168

48

March

22,

2000

344

114

32

17

50

13

681

1001

31

329

131

11

March

23,

2000

371

71

36

36

20

18

551

848

101

314

175

38

March

24,

2000

285

70

22

24

22

29

435

547

49

394

143

15

March

27,

2000

356

96

27

30

15

24

647

914

56

404

460

23

March

28,

2000

443

82

36

139

66

15

661

739

65

434

90

39

March

29,

2000

424

112

83

30

26

20

542

751

45

442

189

39

March

30,

2000

531

128

43

42

18

12

627

788

61

399

107

12

March

31,

2000

613

126

63

35

23

14

819

1001

96

311

170

18

Sales

.

March

1,

2000

352

105

36

36

51

30

661

1063

108

498

164

21

March

2,

2000

313

72

18

60

38

23

652

813

99

508

156

10

March

3,

2000

243

74

14

41

47

16

579

1126

92

407

152

19

March

6,

2000

371

116

1

25

30

18

846

630

65

429

132

15

March

7,

2000

293

57

17

17

27

11

578

698

59

367

92

12

March

8,

2000

319

118

36

28

66

17

767

692

64

512

328

32

March

9,

2000

304

117

7

23

30

38

457

849

110

393

131

38

March

10,

2000

368

125

28

34

23

19

644

728

38

344

160

48

March

13,

2000

440

157

19

46

34

14

845

618

57

542

140

19

March

14,

2000

480

69

8

50

40

32

480

819

182

339

149

24

March

15,

2000

610

125

12

50

30

15

933

785

195

545

204

10

March

16,

2000

391

81

52

70

21

14

583

820

72

363

123

25

March

17,

2000+

March

20,

2000+

March

21,

2000

542

123

24

24

36

16

843

812

52

252

244

47

March

22,

2000

544

43

9

17

50

14

671

760

43

329

162

15

March

23,

2000

329

103

23

37

18

16

612

790

52

346

202

30

March

24,

2000

325

53

35

23

22

42

426

496

56

634

167

17

March

27,

2000

373

57

6

30

13

30

656

772

80

438

475

11

March

28,

2000

398

96

11

50

66

20

753

605

81

454

123

39

March

29,

2000

282

219

13

32

27

20

720

733

67

476

212

26

March

30,

2000

273

133

13

42

24

11

882

733

46

411

116

12

March

31,

2000

704

151

108

36

22

20

622

963

84

313

143

20

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.