Table 30 : Exchange Rate of the Rupee (End of Period)
Indicative	Nov-00	Dec-00	Jan-01	Feb-01	Mar-01	Apr-01	May-01	Jun-01	Jul-01
Selling Rates
Australian dollar	14.640	15.580	15.410	14.870	13.970	14.620	14.880	14.920	14.940
Belgian franc(100)	59.643	64.566	64.525	64.270	61.988	63.294	61.395	61.583	64.125
French franc	3.666	3.971	3.968	3.952	3.812	3.893	3.776	3.787	3.943
Deutsche mark	12.293	13.317	13.308	13.252	12.784	13.054	12.663	12.701	13.226
Hongkong dollar	3.620	3.630	3.640	3.670	3.690	3.710	3.750	3.800	3.830
Indian rupee(100)	61.000	61.000	62.000	62.000	62.000	62.000	63.000	63.000	63.000
Italian lira(1000)	12.396	13.451	13.444	13.387	12.913	13.187	12.791	12.830	13.359
Japanese yen(100)	25.280	24.500	24.200	24.380	22.910	23.190	24.340	23.740	23.750
Kenya shilling(100)	35.840	36.450	36.260	36.690	37.060	37.430	37.390	37.670	37.900
New Zealand dollar	11.350	12.370	12.380	12.180	11.510	11.820	12.100	11.910	12.160
Singapore dollar	16.100	16.360	16.290	16.410	15.950	15.920	16.210	16.300	16.580
South African rand	3.640	3.750	3.660	3.720	3.570	3.630	3.670	3.690	3.640
Swiss franc	15.940	17.130	17.080	16.850	16.410	16.610	16.250	16.320	17.140
US dollar	27.981	28.014	28.090	28.275	28.402	28.642	28.979	29.362	29.535
Pound sterling	39.787	41.782	41.071	40.758	40.563	41.114	41.331	41.356	42.201
Euro1	24.043	26.046	26.029	25.921	25.001	25.532	24.766	24.843	25.867
1 Effective 1 January 1999, the euro (EUR) was introduced replacing its precursor, the ECU, on a one-to-one basis.
Note: 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.