Mumbai, August 28: India’s foreign exchange reserves climbed by USD 932-million for the week ended August 21 to USD 271.957 billion compared to USD 271.025 billion in the previous week.
The foreign currency assets, during the week, went up to USD 260.938 billion, up USD 928 million, compared to USD 260.010 billion in the week-ago period, Reserve Bank said in its weekly report today.
Foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US currencies (such as Euro, Sterling, Yen) held in reserves, RBI said.
Gold reserves, during the week, stood unchanged at USD 9.671 billion, RBI said.
Country’s reserve position in the international monetary fund stood at USD 1.348-billion during the week, the central bank said.
—Agencies