Forex reserves slump by $1.4 bn

PTI Updated - May 18, 2012 at 06:50 PM.

Foreign exchange reserves had their second consecutive weekly fall, coming down by $1.37 billion to $291.80 billion on the back of a decline in the core currency assets.

The reserves had dwindled by $2.19 billion to $293.17 billion in the previous week.

Foreign currency assets, a major component of the forex reserves, dropped by $1.33 billion to $257.86 billion for the week ended May 11, the Reserve Bank said today.

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Foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of the non-US currencies, such as the euro, pound and yen, held in the reserves, the apex bank said.

The gold reserves were unchanged at $26.61 billion.

Published on May 18, 2012 13:20