India's forex reserves down $1.02 billion to $697.93 billion as of June 20
India's foreign exchange reserves experienced a decrease of $1.02 billion, reaching $697.93 billion for the week ending June 20, according to RBI data. This decline follows a previous increase of over $2 billion, with reserves standing at $698.95 billion as of June 13.
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India's forex reserves declined by $1.02 billion to $697.93 billion for the week ending June 20, data by the Reserve Bank of India showed on Friday.India's foreign exchange reserves stood at $698.95 billion as of June 13, up over $2 billion from the previous week.The forex reserves had touched an all-time high of $704.885 billion in end-September 2024.For the week ending on June 20, foreign currency assets, a major component of the reserves, declined $0.36 billion to $589.07 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 were down by $5.73 million to stand at $85.74 billion during the week, the RBI said. The special drawing rights were down $85 million to $18.67 billion, the central bank said.Typically, the RBI, from time to time, intervenes in the market through liquidity management, including through the selling of dollars, with a view to preventing a steep depreciation in the rupee.The RBI closely monitors the foreign exchange markets and intervenes only to maintain orderly market conditions by containing excessive volatility in the exchange rate, without reference to any pre-determined target level or band.
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