NEW DELHI, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves fell by 2.176 billion U.S. dollars to 697.784 billion dollars during the week ended on Oct. 10, according to the weekly data released by the country's central bank on Friday.
This was the fourth consecutive week when the forex reserves declined.
According to the central bank's data, the Foreign Currency Assets decreased by 5.605 billion dollars to 572.103 billion dollars, while the Gold Reserves increased by 3.595 billion dollars to 102.365 billion dollars.
The Special Drawing Rights also fell by 130 million dollars to 18.684 billion dollars. And, India's Reserve Position in the International Monetary Fund fell by 36 million dollars to 4.632 billion dollars. ■
