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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) continued to remain a net buyer of the United States (US currency in July after it purchased $15.973 billion on a net basis from the spot market, according to its monthly bulletin.
In the month, the central bank bought $16.903 billion and sold $930 million in the spot market, according to the monthly bulletin released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
In the same month of 2019, the RBI was a net seller of US dollars after it bought $1.592 billion and sold 1.685 billion.
In June and May, 2020, the RBI had net bought $9.814 billion and $ 4.363 billion respectively. In April, it had sold $1.142 billion on a net basis.
In FY20, it net purchased $45.097 billion. It had bought $72.205 billion while sold $27.108 billion in the spot market.
In the forward dollar market, the outstanding net sales at the end of July were at $379 million, compared to a net purchase of $2.459 billion in June, data showed.
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