(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

Cancella-

Cancella-

tion

tion

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Purchases

February 1, 1999

279

63

9

22

97

25

467

640

78

429

180

15

February 2, 1999

259

78

5

23

64

76

383

584

85

448

260

13

February 3, 1999

243

61

20

20

122

76

332

572

53

403

261

12

February 4, 1999

207

60

21

21

49

38

344

591

98

460

348

55

February 5, 1999

208

55

22

32

124

96

360

482

79

645

140

21

February 8, 1999

258

59

35

23

18

26

399

594

77

498

153

26

February 9, 1999

242

55

22

16

31

86

342

490

56

356

190

27

February 10, 1999

219

51

33

16

34

37

423

604

100

407

129

59

February 11, 1999

198

68

31

21

33

26

285

692

141

342

100

78

February 12, 1999

214

54

27

25

35

37

291

494

89

482

139

24

February 15, 1999

217

46

31

12

30

22

329

270

43

246

119

16

February 16, 1999

170

80

24

22

58

40

463

545

46

528

295

35

February 17, 1999

197

50

39

19

27

32

383

509

88

434

196

17

February 18, 1999

236

38

42

30

17

19

524

673

101

435

156

58

February 19, 1999

432

56

51

44

62

38

344

782

365

461

312

69

February 22, 1999

343

135

191

57

49

33

385

886

104

491

228

55

February 23, 1999

277

63

84

48

52

38

450

857

515

782

271

30

February 24, 1999

397

124

84

22

44

32

608

1,021

193

426

329

31

February 25, 1999+

February 26, 1999+

Sales

February 1, 1999

266

49

13

23

99

46

523

630

66

434

243

16

February 2, 1999

220

80

15

10

65

38

468

581

56

547

196

13

February 3, 1999

202

81

6

5

122

56

358

585

66

399

263

14

February 4, 1999

213

61

14

11

52

33

358

573

112

493

379

54

February 5, 1999

215

70

15

23

127

68

372

473

90

575

199

23

February 8, 1999

284

52

24

20

27

38

405

560

69

510

167

26

February 9, 1999

345

68

22

15

34

29

315

515

68

437

148

27

February 10, 1999

202

87

21

11

36

37

437

519

96

438

161

63

February 11, 1999

207

52

7

10

34

26

287

666

133

384

138

80

February 12, 1999

245

59

7

18

35

38

315

434

82

491

310

23

February 15, 1999

186

82

11

7

31

20

344

273

64

274

114

16

February 16, 1999

174

78

21

15

53

39

445

515

70

548

314

33

February 17, 1999

192

58

21

7

21

39

395

509

75

467

174

18

February 18, 1999

211

154

39

8

18

24

525

658

87

451

168

57

February 19, 1999

197

168

6

20

63

39

348

657

263

512

293

67

February 22, 1999

408

357

38

22

47

40

434

863

171

514

237

69

February 23, 1999

260

179

17

25

50

39

482

968

398

817

280

25

February 24, 1999

395

203

62

17

45

34

652

1,076

168

450

351

26

February 25, 1999+

February 26, 1999+

FCY

:

Foreign Currency.

INR

:

Indian Rupees.

+   

:

These rates were not received on account of banks' strike.

Note

:

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