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Forex reserves up

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Mumbai , Feb 10

THE foreign exchange reserves of the country gained by $496 million for the week ended February 3 on the back of a rise in gold assets.

According to the Reserve Bank of India's Weekly Statistical Supplement, foreign exchange reserves touched $139.977 billon, up from $139.481 billion in the previous week.

The forex reserves had risen by $37 million in the previous week. The foreign currency assets increased by $94 million to touch $133.375 billion.

The Foreign Institutional Investor inflows into the equity market during the week under consideration were $331 million.

However, the primary reason for the rise in the reserves was due to an increase in the gold assets. Gold increased by $406 million to touch $5.6 billion.

SDRs remained unchanged at $5 million. The reserve position in the IMF, however, fell by $4 million to touch $917 million.

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