(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

March

3,

2003

432

76

15

8

13

36

641

1123

20

302

226

3

March

4,

2003

384

196

26

11

13

19

644

1107

10

483

223

5

March

5,

2003

318

198

21

4

23

20

530

999

19

370

171

4

March

6,

2003

312

179

54

10

79

22

619

791

30

351

194

2

March

7,

2003

327

327

40

2

62

18

929

1465

65

451

184

1

March

10,

2003

456

169

55

15

73

26

630

1560

54

367

214

3

March

11,

2003

387

109

720

3

556

12

564

990

30

363

193

1

March

12,

2003

343

102

12

13

31

28

579

1093

76

463

154

3

March

13,

2003

957

118

32

13

36

29

544

817

58

442

190

2

March

14,

2003+

March

17,

2003

591

111

63

6

43

26

795

792

36

399

172

10

March

18,

2003+

March

19,

2003

475

103

45

15

43

15

790

1348

42

353

275

3

March

20,

2003

548

270

48

8

50

20

1336

1486

60

403

220

4

March

21,

2003

447

170

72

10

23

9

813

1516

37

271

174

3

March

24,

2003

541

86

39

74

25

30

789

1243

35

338

180

3

March

25,

2003

456

167

20

9

39

32

849

1114

23

394

133

—

March

26,

2003

456

243

48

45

33

9

982

1240

14

382

136

2

March

27,

2003

699

222

133

71

12

25

1018

1660

33

291

615

3

March

28,

2003

696

241

86

7

62

10

1010

2002

269

351

227

1

March

31,

2003

728

295

115

9

59

55

812

2013

248

425

350

8

Sales

March

3,

2003

332

113

101

8

11

45

675

1093

16

299

245

8

March

4,

2003

203

74

83

11

16

21

901

914

39

479

220

1

March

5,

2003

278

54

68

4

24

16

548

952

33

382

166

3

March

6,

2003

292

176

35

11

14

75

618

774

25

350

140

1

March

7,

2003

269

257

133

6

33

49

879

1414

58

470

164

2

March

10,

2003

349

99

131

14

79

33

582

1869

43

1005

193

17

March

11,

2003

1039

219

119

3

557

679

515

1199

27

389

206

—

March

12,

2003

425

206

53

13

23

34

525

1178

66

477

153

3

March

13,

2003

959

175

61

45

35

40

495

685

61

478

201

3

March

14,

2003+

March

17,

2003

637

235

162

8

35

20

754

742

54

423

197

14

March

18,

2003+

March

19,

2003

318

217

119

16

49

28

798

1528

34

343

298

6

March

20,

2003

447

336

142

9

33

18

1050

1613

53

442

249

11

March

21,

2003

451

182

96

9

29

6

755

1522

55

309

199

5

March

24,

2003

475

186

36

74

22

30

689

1305

31

342

174

3

March

25,

2003

387

125

68

8

55

29

1001

1187

28

406

139

—

March

26,

2003

351

139

106

46

30

39

1181

1496

32

395

143

—

March

27,

2003

546

290

89

72

31

35

1106

1830

49

273

704

2

March

28,

2003

905

167

56

8

62

15

1086

1952

110

424

260

3

March

31,

2003

866

293

109

7

54

107

920

1487

142

422

394

6

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.