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Table 53a: Intervention by the Bank of Mauritius on the Domestic Foreign Exchange Market1
June 2016 to June 2017

Period Purchase Range of Amount Sterilisation

Jun-16 of US dollar Intervention Sterilised Rates
Jul-16
Aug-16 Bid Rates
Sep-16
Oct-16 (US$ Mn) (Rs/US$ ) (Rs mn) per cent p.a
Nov-16
Dec-16 96.0 35.60-35.75 3,424.515 2.47-2.62
Jan-17 - -
Feb-17 10.0 35.50
Mar-17 10.0 35.20 352.0 2.68
Apr-17 43.2 35.48 1,532.736 2.69
May-17
Jun-17 - - - -
47.35 36.15 - -
905.0 2.80
55.5 36.20 2,540.361 2.29 - 2.54
55.595 35.90 - -
1,420.0 2.58
- - - -
1,577.0 2.24 - 2.45
40.0 35.50 700.485 2.18
118.0 35.02

45.0 35.00-35.10
25.0 34.85

The Bank has been conducting sterilised intervention since January 2015
Note 1 : As from January 2016 figures exclude transactions with Government and Other Institutions
Source: Financial Markets Operations Division

Table 53b: Purchases and Sales of Foreign Currency by the Bank of Mauritius from Government and Other Institutions
June 2016 to June 2017

Period US dollar Rates EURO Purchases GBP Rates Others (USD US dollar Rates EURO Sales GBP Rates Others (USD
Rates Rates (GBP Mn)
Jun-16 (US$ Mn) (Rs/US$ ) (EUR Mn) (GBP Mn) (Rs/GBP ) Equivalent) (US$ Mn) (Rs/US$ ) (EUR Mn) (Rs/GBP ) Equivalent)
Jul-16 (Rs/EUR ) (Rs/EUR ) (US$ Mn)
Aug-16 0.398 35.21 10.05 -- (US$ Mn) 4.489 35.60-35.85 2.575 50.48-52.11 -
Sep-16 - - 0.293 38.58-39.94 -- - 1.663 35.85 0.649 38.84-40.84 1.247 47.86 -
Oct-16 - - 0.961 38.57-39.19 -- - - 1.211 39.44-40.00 0.129 - -
Nov-16 - - 15.598 38.71-39.44 - - - 8.769 39.59-40.34 -
Dec-16 - - 0.931 38.92-39.38 - - 0.504 39.81-40.27 - 46.32-46.38 -
Jan-17 - - 5.629 38.40-39.39 -- - - - 3.800 39.28-40.24 0.082 43.72-44.28 -
Feb-17 - - 27.903 37.41-39.79 -- - - - 3.714 38.26-40.69 0.332 44.71-45.37 -
Mar-17 - - 0.414 37.03-38.32 - - 1.214 37.88-39.19 0.321 44.69-45.89 -
Apr-17 - - 0.294 37.07-38.04 -- - - - 0.377 37.91-38.95 1.226 43.68-45.30 -
May-17 - - 5.348 37.08-38.07 -- - - - 12.314 38.05-38.86 0.699 44.66-44.98 1.215
Jun-17 - - 0.607 37.00-38.01 -- - - - 1.226 37.84-38.87 0.390 0.020
- - 0.504 37.03-37.86 - - 3.626 37.87-38.71 - 0.032
- - 9.069 37.31-38.67 -- - - - 3.855 38.19-39.55 - 44.94-45.87 0.112
38.30-39.15 -- - - 39.17-40.04 0.255 45.62-45.81
0.048 44.38-45.22
- - 4.459 1.105
- - 0.001
- - 0.710

Source: Financial Markets Operations & Accounting and Budgeting Divisions