India's forex reserves jump by $4.546 bn to $674.664 bn

Forex Reserves:  India's forex reserves jumped by $4.546 billion to USD 674.664 billion during the week ended August 16, the RBI said on Friday.

In the previous week, the forex kitty had dropped by $4.8 billion to USD 670.119 billion. On August 2, the overall reserves hit an all-time high of USD 674.919 billion.

In the week ended August 16, foreign currency assets, a major component of the reserves, increased by  $ 3.609 billion to $591.569 billion, the data released on Friday showed.

Expressed in dollar terms, the foreign currency assets include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US units like the euro, pound, and yen held in the foreign exchange reserves.

Gold reserves increased by $ 865 million to $60.104 billion during the week, the RBI said.

The Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) were up by $60 million to $18.341 billion. India's reserve position with the IMF was up by $12 million to $4.65 billion during the week.