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The Reserve Bank was a net purchaser of dollars in November for the second consecutive month.
In the month, the central bank bought $17.787 billion from the market while it sold $7.7 billion, thereby becoming a net buyer of the greenback in November, RBI data showed.
In October, the RBI, after a gap of five months, became the net buyer of dollars, buying $9.510 billion and selling $5.58 billion during the month.
In the fiscal, the RBI first became net purchaser of dollars in April when it bought $3.29 billion and sold $2.78 billion.
Between May and September, the RBI was net seller of the US currency on a monthly basis when the rupee was in a free-fall territory.
The rupee started its slide towards the middle of May after US Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke hinted at withdrawing its easy money policy.
The rupee depreciated nearly 30% between May and August. It touched a life-time low of Rs 68.85 during intra-day trades on August 28. However, the rupee closed the year 2013 with an 11% drop.
In September, RBI remained a net seller of the greenback.
In July, it bought mere $50 million from the market, while sold $6.03 billion in the month.
