FOREIGN EXCHANGE MANAGEMENT

With the transition to a market-based system for determining the external value of the Indian rupee the foreign exchange market in India gained importance in the early reform period.

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Date : May 05, 2020

Foreign Exchange Turnover Data : March 02 - March 31, 2020

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and inter-bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period March 02, 2020 to March 31, 2020.

All Figures are in USD Millions
Position Date	MERCHANT						INTER BANK
	FCY / INR			FCY / FCY			FCY / INR			FCY / FCY
	Spot	Forward	Forward Cancel	Spot	Forward	Forward Cancel	Spot	Swap	Forward	Spot	Swap	Forward
Purchase
3/2/2020	5,196	1,652	891	177	245	140	15,763	13,475	675	6,229	1,623	280
3/3/2020	5,417	2,304	1,562	168	89	69	15,881	13,079	538	5,963	1,592	203
3/4/2020	7,527	2,164	1,226	117	175	149	17,516	15,961	427	5,491	1,682	282
3/5/2020	3,718	1,364	1,068	93	265	71	13,589	9,707	337	5,329	1,694	170
3/6/2020	3,913	1,913	1,294	108	196	127	11,239	12,229	615	6,305	1,566	615
3/9/2020	3,110	1,058	1,616	378	231	306	10,632	10,631	216	6,941	2,056	594
3/10/2020	16	11	0	0	0	0	23	174	0	203	16	1
3/11/2020	3,940	1,600	1,559	103	374	165	11,775	15,285	165	7,075	2,093	155
3/12/2020	4,775	1,834	948	138	150	229	14,766	14,688	226	7,657	1,542	156
3/13/2020	4,192	1,163	1,797	121	386	257	12,573	15,101	510	6,781	2,059	480
3/16/2020	4,170	1,418	2,058	141	383	208	12,180	13,632	306	8,403	1,762	140
3/17/2020	3,007	779	1,728	180	241	232	11,310	11,296	213	6,665	2,158	330
3/18/2020	3,991	1,303	1,517	181	135	92	10,548	11,221	280	7,343	1,603	237
3/19/2020	3,845	1,564	908	163	286	217	16,818	11,859	409	8,516	1,725	1,376
3/20/2020	4,055	1,587	1,322	140	573	410	9,121	9,919	589	6,767	2,935	680
3/23/2020	4,158	1,215	1,219	134	157	68	7,904	12,898	868	2,370	2,119	278
3/24/2020	3,022	1,239	1,520	60	220	139	6,418	7,983	441	2,308	2,331	618
3/25/2020	4	0	0	1	4	0	4	0	0	42	28	4
3/26/2020	5,464	887	1,560	94	319	65	6,543	9,635	700	3,210	2,802	270
3/27/2020	6,004	1,180	2,415	220	404	353	9,629	11,725	176	3,948	2,180	351
3/30/2020	3,596	1,543	2,366	174	326	336	6,348	11,177	324	2,369	2,436	240
3/31/2020	4,316	1,265	1,425	132	161	156	7,069	11,351	595	2,433	2,141	449
Sales
3/2/2020	3,333	3,469	690	161	220	140	15,260	14,607	1,060	6,256	1,661	282
3/3/2020	3,968	3,827	910	164	91	69	15,675	13,238	621	5,974	1,588	203
3/4/2020	3,572	5,820	1,160	114	171	149	16,764	16,950	833	5,514	1,699	281
3/5/2020	3,037	2,262	713	106	238	74	13,146	10,093	785	5,327	1,845	170
3/6/2020	3,546	2,930	955	103	156	129	10,413	12,462	1,104	6,324	1,572	617
3/9/2020	3,384	1,965	500	372	230	305	10,451	12,184	627	6,930	2,031	595
3/10/2020	10	13	0	0	0	0	14	56	0	195	16	1
3/11/2020	4,399	1,757	800	106	371	166	11,374	15,695	316	7,146	2,094	155
3/12/2020	4,610	1,859	769	128	154	229	14,138	13,740	629	7,667	1,549	156
3/13/2020	4,406	2,464	710	168	388	257	12,414	14,901	682	6,708	2,107	480
3/16/2020	4,780	2,235	768	120	371	209	11,638	13,272	626	8,422	1,798	142
3/17/2020	3,495	2,169	407	158	216	239	10,602	11,515	365	6,694	2,201	332
3/18/2020	4,333	1,238	690	158	131	93	10,457	12,024	485	7,349	1,596	245
3/19/2020	5,749	1,767	971	125	288	218	15,713	12,825	759	8,609	1,685	1,377
3/20/2020	4,216	2,876	1,307	119	617	410	8,909	10,678	735	6,743	2,877	681
3/23/2020	4,704	2,257	637	132	123	69	6,886	12,744	721	2,309	2,136	279
3/24/2020	3,861	1,916	712	63	209	139	5,501	7,894	742	2,307	2,362	624
3/25/2020	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	42	1	4
3/26/2020	4,386	3,191	509	94	317	65	6,189	9,917	939	3,199	2,760	272
3/27/2020	4,521	3,077	1,159	218	392	353	9,543	11,363	598	3,598	2,100	352
3/30/2020	4,759	2,411	980	167	322	337	5,992	10,729	496	2,370	2,388	241
3/31/2020	3,783	2,329	1,328	134	172	156	7,247	9,568	395	2,387	2,143	449
(Provisional Data)

Ajit Prasad
Director

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