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Forex reserves rise $1b

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Mumbai, June 13 The foreign exchange reserves rose by $1.046 billion to $315.7 billion for the week ended June 6. In the previous week, the reserves had fallen by $1.56 billion.

According to the RBI’s Weekly Statistical Supplement, foreign currency assets increased by $1.045 billion to $305.93 billion. Foreign currency assets expressed in dollar terms include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US currencies (such as euro, sterling, yen) held in reserves.

During the week under consideration, the euro appreciated from $1.5542 to $1.5710 against the dollar. However, the yen fell from 104.46 yen to 106.25 yen against the dollar.

A treasury official at a private bank said that the reserves could have also increased due to foreign direct investment as well as private equity inflows.

Gold and SDRs remained unchanged at $9.2 billion and $11 billion, respectively. The reserve position in the IMF increased by $ 1 million to $527 million.Forex dealers said that the rupee could be in the range of 42.80 and 43.00 in the next week.

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