India's FX reserves rise to $687.19 bln as of Jan 9, FX assets at 10-mo low
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--RBI: India Jan 9 FX reserves $687.19 bln, up $392 mln on week
--RBI: India Jan 9 FX assets $550.87 bln, down $1.12 bln on week
NEW DELHI – India's foreign exchange reserves rose in the week ended Jan. 9 after seeing the biggest weekly fall in over a year in the previous week. According to data released by the Reserve Bank of India Friday, foreign exchange reserves rose $392 million on week to $687.19 billion as of Jan. 9.
Gold holding led the rise in reserves while foreign currency assets fell for the second consecutive week. Foreign currency assets declined $1.12 billion on week to an over 10-month low of $550.87 billion as of Jan. 9. The value of the central bank's gold holdings rose $1.57 billion on week to $112.83 billion as of Jan. 9.
Calculated in dollar terms, the RBI's foreign exchange reserves also reflect the impact of appreciation or depreciation of currencies other than the dollar, such as the euro, the pound sterling, and the yen, held by the central bank. End
US$1 = INR 90.87
Reported by Shubham Rana
Edited by Vandana Hingorani
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