RBI bought net $820 million in spot FX market in March

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Reuters MUMBAI
Last Updated : May 13 2013 | 6:35 PM IST

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The RBI bought net $820 million in March in the spot foreign exchange market, which included purchase of $3.17 billion of the greenback and $2.35 billion of sales, it said on Monday.

In February, the central bank sold net $280 million in the spot.

The outstanding amount of forward dollar sales fell to $11 billion in March from $12.11 billion in February. (Reporting by Neha Dasgupta; Editing by Prateek Chatterjee)

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First Published: May 13 2013 | 6:24 PM IST

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