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Table 52: Transactions on the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market:

June 2015 to June 2017

Purchase of Purchase of Total Purchases Opening
US$ against US$ against Interbank
Other Foreign US$ Rupee Min-Max
Rupee Currencies Ask Rate1
(US$ million) Equivalent # Equivalent (Rs/US$)
(US$ million)
0.36 (US$ million) (Rs million) 34.8825-34.9225
5.96 0.82 34.8600-34.9050
June-17 12.18 9.53 6.42 224.08 34.8925-34.9975
01-02 June 31.23 1.43 14.25 496.97 34.9575-34.9900
05-09 June 12.13 7.59 41.23 1,440.49 34.6175-34.9475
12-16 June 12.71 15.48 541.38
19-23 June 21.78 757.44 35.0675-35.5125
27-30 June 35.2750-35.7250
35.2000-35.6950
Jun-15 98.34 15.01 119.64 4,216.55 35.2625-35.7475
Jul-15 67.58 7.24 82.99 2,951.84 35.3475-35.9875
Aug-15 48.67 13.26 75.52 2,682.60 35.9150-36.3250
Sep-15 101.52 9.01 116.81 4,143.67 35.9825-36.3825
Oct-15 129.46 11.96 151.30 5,394.74 36.0500-36.3075
Nov-15 92.13 12.51 112.64 4,081.54 35.6950-36.1900
Dec-15 78.27 12.06 109.05 3,948.94 35.4150-36.0500
Jan-16 106.08 7.79 122.96 4,453.17 35.1400-35.4525
Feb-16 131.71 7.38 149.55 5,356.33 34.9550-35.4850
Mar-16 100.72 9.75 117.25 4,179.85 35.3025-35.6850
Apr-16 46.22 8.53 59.55 2,100.70 35.5425-35.6125
May-16 105.60 10.31 123.15 4,335.43 35.1000-35.4750
Jun-16 138.33 13.91 164.03 5,826.27 35.3375-35.5375
Jul-16 26.16 6.72 36.16 1,286.73 35.4975-36.0125
Aug-16 50.30 6.46 64.23 2,265.70 35.6950-36.1500
Sep-16 78.01 7.78 90.43 3,205.96 36.0325-36.1975
Oct-16 42.30 8.91 55.29 1,976.62 35.7675-36.1975
Nov-16 85.56 11.36 103.10 3,710.62 35.6375-35.8250
Dec-16 90.38 9.00 121.39 4,384.13 35.4250-35.7275
Jan-17 103.41 8.66 121.95 4,375.96 34.9375-35.5300
Feb-17 27.85 10.12 42.78 1,527.41 34.7425-35.3250
Mar-17 97.44 18.11 124.15 4,412.17 34.6175-34.9975
Apr-17 184.65 10.43 198.43 6,987.93
May-17 121.25 10.83 137.97 4,825.50
Jun-17 74.20 19.73 99.16 3,460.36

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.
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding
Source: Financial Markets Operations Division.