Foreign exchange reserves climbed further by $ 402 million to a new record high of $109.998 billion during the week ended March 19 from $109.596 billion a week ago.

According to the Reserve Bank of India's weekly statistics report, on Saturday, the ever-increasing foreign currency assets, which surged by $ 402 million to $ 105.806 billion, contributed to the entire growth in the forex reserve. The gold reserve and the special drawing rights continued to remain unchanged at $ 4.19 billion and $2 million respectively.