INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
India's foreign exchange reserves declined by $2.25 billion to $407.81 billion in the week to June 22 on account of fall in foreign currency
assets, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed.
In the previous week, reserves had decreased by $3.04 billion to $410.07 billion.
Forex
reserves had touched a record high of $426.028 billion in the week to April 13, 2018
Reserves had crossed the $400-billion mark for the first time in the week to September 8, 2017, but have since been fluctuating.
In the
reporting week, foreign currency assets, a major component of the overall reserves, dipped by $2.833 billion to $382.499 billion, data
showed.
Expressed in US dollar terms, foreign currency assets include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of the non-US currencies
such as the euro, pound and yen held in the reserves.
Gold reserves rose by $102.9 million to $21.331 billion in the reporting week.
The
special drawing rights with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) rose by $0.5 million to $1.49 billion.
The country's reserve position with
the International Monetary Fund (IMF) also increased by $475.6 million to $2.493 billion, the apex bank said
