RBI Bulletin

Search Archives

Section

()

No. 49 : Sale/Purchase of U.S. Dollar by the Reserve Bank of India

Date : Dec 05, 1998


			Foreign Currency (US $ Million)			Cumulative
Month					Rs.equivalent at contract rate	(over end-Mar. 1997)		Outstanding Net Forward Sales (-)/
		Purchase	Sale	Net	(Rs. crore)			Purchase (+)
		(+)	(-)	(+/-)		(US $ Million)	(Rs. crore)	at the end of
								month
								(US $ Million)
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1997-98

Apr.	1997	641.00	-	(+)641.00	(+) 2297.34	(+) 641.00	(+)2297.34	(+) 25.00

May	1997	1759.00	366.00	(+)1393.00	(+) 4960.03	(+)2034.00	(+)7257.37	(+) 112.00

Jun.	1997	1828.00	493.00	(+)1335.00	(+) 4738.78	(+)3369.00	(+)11996.15	(+) 158.00

Jul.	1997	1185.00	-	(+)1185.00	(+) 4235.73	(+)4554.00	(+)16231.88	(+) 40.00

Aug.	1997	1363.00	491.00	(+)872.00	(+) 3090.57	(+)5426.00	(+)19322.45	(-) 40.00

Sep.	1997	432.00	1410.00	(-)978.00	(-) 3576.93	(+)4448.00	(+)15745.52	(-) 944.00

Oct.	1997	552.00	363.00	(+)189.00	(+) 658.01	(+)4637.00	(+)16403.54	(-) 663.00

Nov.	1997	724.00	2314.00	(-)1590.00	(-) 5912.08	(+)3047.00	(+)10491.45	(-)1396.00

Dec.	1997	812.00	1219.00	(-)407.00	(-) 1553.61	(+)2640.00	(+) 8937.84	(-)1956.00

Jan.	1998	2532.00	2110.00	(+)422.00	(+) 1453.19	(+)3062.00	(+)10391.03	(-)3190.00

Feb.	1998	1041.00	1722.00	(-)681.00	(-) 2619.65	(+)2381.00	(+) 7771.38	(-)2373.00

Mar.	1998	2194.00	745.00	(+)1449.00	(+) 5727.85	(+)3830.00	(+)13499.23	(-)1792.00


			Foreign Currency (US $ Million)			Cumulative
Month					Rs.equivalent at contract rate	(over end-Mar. 1998)		Outstanding Net Forward Sales (-)/
		Purchase	Sale	Net	(Rs. crore)			Purchase (+)
		(+)	(-)	(+/-)		(US $ Million)	(Rs. crore)	at the end of
								month
								(US $ Million)
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1998-99

Apr.	1998	1159.00	958.00	(+)201.00	(+) 755.38	(+) 201.00	(+) 755.38	(-)1427.00

May	1998	800.00	1554.00	(-)754.00	(-)2938.44	(-)553.00	(-)2183.06	(-)1415.00

Jun.	1998	4848.00	6475.00	(-)1627.00	(-) 6729.63	(-)2180.00	(-) 8912.68	(-)1634.00

Jul.	1998	4457.00	4578.00	(-)121.00	(-) 480.06	(-)2301.00	(-) 9392.74	(-)1774.00

Aug.	1998	5460.00	4918.00	(+)542.00	(+) 2270.58	(-)1758.00	(-)7122.16	(-)1266.00

Sep.	1998	2863.00	2103.00	(+)760.00	(+) 3219.48	(-) 998.00	(-) 3902.68	(-)1216.00

Oct.	1998	1060.00	965.00	(+) 95.00	(+) 400.71	(-) 903.00	(-) 3501.97	(-)1155.00

Note :	This table is based on value dates.
(+)	implies purchase.
(-)	implies sale.

2026