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Table 52: Transactions on the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market: May 2015 to May 2017

Purchase of Purchase of Total Purchases Opening
US$ against US$ against Interbank
Other Foreign US$ Rupee Min-Max
Rupee Currencies Equivalent # Equivalent Ask Rate1
(US$ million) (Rs/US$)
(US$ million) (US$ million) (Rs million)
2.35 34.7425-34.9550
May-17 15.33 1.15 17.83 621.79 34.7525-35.3250
02-05 May 36.35 2.00 38.84 1,359.63 34.7925-35.2300
08-12 May 51.28 1.03 54.50 1,906.14 34.9275-35.1750
15-19 May 13.09 4.30 16.47 576.48 34.9700-35.0150
22-26 May 5.20 10.33 361.46
29-31 May 7.39 34.7250-35.5175
114.69 15.01 127.34 4,462.50 35.0675-35.5125
May-15 98.34 7.24 119.64 4,216.55 35.2750-35.7250
Jun-15 67.58 13.26 82.99 2,951.84 35.2000-35.6950
Jul-15 48.67 9.01 75.52 2,682.60 35.2625-35.7475
Aug-15 101.52 11.96 116.81 4,143.67 35.3475-35.9875
Sep-15 129.46 12.51 151.30 5,394.74 35.9150-36.3250
Oct-15 92.13 12.06 112.64 4,081.54 35.9825-36.3825
Nov-15 78.27 7.79 109.05 3,948.94 36.0500-36.3075
Dec-15 106.08 7.38 122.96 4,453.17 35.6950-36.1900
Jan-16 131.71 9.75 149.55 5,356.33 35.4150-36.0500
Feb-16 100.72 8.53 117.25 4,179.85 35.1400-35.4525
Mar-16 46.22 10.31 59.55 2,100.70 34.9550-35.4850
Apr-16 105.60 13.91 123.15 4,335.43 35.3025-35.6850
May-16 138.33 6.72 164.03 5,826.27 35.5425-35.6125
Jun-16 26.16 6.46 36.16 1,286.73 35.1000-35.4750
Jul-16 50.30 7.78 64.23 2,265.70 35.3375-35.5375
Aug-16 78.01 8.91 90.43 3,205.96 35.4975-36.0125
Sep-16 42.30 11.36 55.29 1,976.62 35.6950-36.1500
Oct-16 85.56 9.00 103.10 3,710.62 36.0325-36.1975
Nov-16 90.38 8.66 121.39 4,384.13 35.7675-36.1975
Dec-16 103.41 10.12 121.95 4,375.96 35.6375-35.8250
Jan-17 27.85 18.11 42.78 1,527.41 35.4250-35.7275
Feb-17 97.44 10.43 124.15 4,412.17 34.9375-35.5300
Mar-17 184.65 10.83 198.43 6,987.93 34.7425-35.3250
Apr-17 121.25 137.97 4,825.50
May-17

1 As from April 2017 Rs/US$ ask rate is based on the average of daily wholesale Rs/US$ ask rates of Afrasia Bank Ltd,
Barclays Bank Mtius Ltd, The Mauritius Commercial Bank Ltd and SBM Bank (Mtius) Ltd

# Includes purchases of foreign currencies other than US dollar and intervention carried out by BOM.
Source: Financial Markets Operations Division.