The nation’s forex reserves fell by $908 million during the week ended October 22 to reach $640.1 billion, according to data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). During the week ended October 15, the foreign exchange, or forex, reserves had increased by $1.492 billion to $641.008 billion.
In the week ended October 22, the dip in the reserves was due to a fall in foreign currency assets (FCA), RBI data released on Friday showed.
FCA declined by $853 million to $577.098 billion in the reporting week, the data showed. Gold reserves were down by $138 million to $38.441 billion in the reporting week, the data showed.
The special drawing rights (SDRs) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) rose by $74 million to $19.321 billion.
India’s reserve position with the IMF rose $10 million to $5.240 billion in the reporting week, as per RBI.
WITH PTI
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