NEW DELHI, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves increased by 4.368 billion U.S. dollars to 693.318 billion dollars during the week ended Dec. 19, showed the weekly bulletin released by the country's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday.
This was the second consecutive week when India's forex reserves had risen.
According to RBI's data, the country's Foreign Currency Assets (FCAs) rose by 1.641 billion dollars to 559.428 billion dollars, while the Gold Reserves increased by 2.623 billion dollars to 110.365 billion dollars.
Meanwhile, the Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) moved up by 8 million dollars to 18.744 billion dollars, and the country's position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) improved by 95 million dollars to 4.782 billion dollars. ■
