Table 29 : Exchange Rate of the Rupee (End of Period)
Indicative	Jun-99	Jul-99	Aug-99	Sep-99	Oct-99	Nov-99	Dec-99	Jan-00	Feb-00
Selling Rates
Australian dollar	16.830	16.590	16.260	16.660	16.480	16.350	16.740	16.480	15.920
Belgian franc(100)	65.004	67.533	66.190	67.096	66.735	64.059	64.020	62.644	62.106
French franc	3.998	4.152	4.070	4.126	4.092	3.940	3.937	3.852	3.819
Deutsche mark	13.403	13.925	13.651	13.837	13.722	13.213	13.203	12.921	12.809
Hongkong dollar	3.310	3.320	3.320	3.310	3.320	3.330	3.340	3.350	3.350
Indian rupee(100)	59.000	60.000	59.000	59.000	59.000	60.000	60.000	60.000	60.000
Italian lira(1000)	13.541	14.065	13.788	13.979	13.861	13.345	13.337	13.050	12.938
Japanese yen(100)	21.100	22.110	23.030	23.890	24.340	25.160	25.180	24.150	23.420
Kenya shilling(100)	35.310	34.700	34.270	33.440	34.350	34.740	35.590	35.930	35.640
New Zealand dollar	13.520	13.480	13.170	13.230	13.090	13.140	13.370	12.790	12.580
Singapore dollar	15.120	15.260	15.300	15.130	15.450	15.390	15.580	15.280	15.230
South African rand	4.270	4.180	4.240	4.290	4.200	4.190	4.220	4.110	4.110
Swiss franc	16.390	17.080	16.680	16.920	16.730	16.120	16.080	15.700	15.060
US dollar	25.389	25.416	25.437	25.431	25.492	25.568	25.625	25.731	25.784
Pound sterling	39.970	40.993	40.456	41.782	41.729	40.982	41.472	41.682	41.163
Euro1	26.224	27.239	26.697	27.065	26.836	25.841	25.825	25.269	25.054
1 Effective 1 January 1999, the Euro (EUR) was introduced replacing its precursor, the ECU, on a one-to-one basis.
Note:
With effect from October 1998, the end-of-period exchange rate of the rupee is based on the average end-of-period selling
rates for T.T.& D.D. of all commercial banks.