NEW DELHI, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves rose by 4.04 billion U.S. dollars to 698.27 billion dollars during the week ended Sept. 5, showed the latest data released by the country's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Friday.
This was the second successive week when India's forex reserves had risen. During the preceding week, the forex reserves had increased by 3.51 billion dollars.
According to RBI figures, foreign currency assets increased by 540 million dollars to 584.48 billion dollars, while gold reserves increased by 3.53 billion dollars to 90.30 billion dollars.
The special drawing rights fell by 34 million dollars to 18.74 billion dollars, and the country's reserves position in the International Monetary Fund improved by 2 million dollars to 4.75 billion dollars. ■
