By IANS,
Mumbai: India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves went down by $32.7 million and stood at $293.52 billion for the week ended Nov 16, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed.
The reserves had went down by $781.5 million to $293.55 billion in the previous week. The forex had declined by $950.3 million to $294.34 billion for the week ended Nov 2.
The foreign currency assets (FCA) – the biggest component of the forex reserves – were down $16.4 million at $258.69 billion, according to the weekly statistical supplement released by the RBI.
India’s central bank said FCA in US dollar terms included the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US currencies held in reserve, such as the pound sterling, euro and yen.
However, the gold reserves value had remained unchanged at $28.18 billion since the week ended Nov 2, when the value of gold reserves rose by 56.4 million at $28.18 billion.
The special drawing rights (SDRs) declined by $10.8 million to $4.39 billion during the week under review while reserves with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were down by $5.5 million to $2.24 billion.
The SDRs had decreased $19.6 million to $4.40 billion during the week ended Nov 2 while reserves with the IMF were up by $10.1 million to $2.25 billion.