(US $ million)

Merchant

Inter-bank

Position Date

FCY / INR

FCY / FCY

FCY / INR

FCY / FCY

Spot

Forward

Forward Cancel-lation

Spot

Forward

Forward Cancel-lation

Spot

Swap

Forward

Spot

Swap

Forward

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Purchases

Mar. 8, 2010

1,602

951

683

433

465

400

5,976

4,607

413

3,208

1,557

108

Mar. 9, 2010

2,314

911

766

153

482

392

5,911

5,103

185

3,583

1,844

39

Mar. 10, 2010

1,772

1,078

713

116

593

653

6,301

6,368

542

3,269

1,130

55

Mar. 11, 2010

2,189

985

610

116

669

477

5,388

7,613

1,389

3,261

1,289

70

Mar. 12, 2010

2,096

892

951

252

680

626

5,386

5,245

920

4,276

1,217

81

Sales

Mar. 8, 2010

1,847

1,505

407

429

517

406

5,737

4,929

499

3,190

1,558

109

Mar. 9, 2010

2,070

1,287

372

160

498

380

5,769

3,953

269

3,575

1,982

38

Mar. 10, 2010

1,671

1,997

539

126

630

657

5,864

5,725

772

3,285

1,446

52

Mar. 11, 2010

2,213

1,676

479

114

703

441

5,017

7,508

1,588

3,253

1,602

81

Mar. 12, 2010

2,122

1,988

577

371

675

645

5,356

4,924

998

4,280

1,384

86

FCY : Foreign Currency. INR : Indian Rupees.
Note : Data relate to purchases and sales of foreign exchange on account of merchant and inter-bank transactions.