The country's foreign exchange reserves rose by $2.865 billion to a record high of $592.894 billion for the week ended May 21, boosted by gold and currency assets, RBI data showed on Friday. The previous all-time high for the forex kitty was $590.185 billion for the week ended January 29, 2021. For the previous week ended May 14, the reserves had increased by $563 million to reach $590.028 billion.
The reserves rose to $501.70 billion helped by a whopping rise in foreign currency assets, the latest data from the Reserve Bank of India.
The country's foreign exchange reserves declined by a massive $6.24 billion to reach $583.945 billion in the week ended February 5, RBI data showed on Friday. In the previous week, the reserves had touched a record high of $590.185 billion after rising by $4.852 billion. In the reporting week ended February 5, the decline in the forex kitty was mainly on account of a fall in foreign currency assets (FCAs), a major component of the overall reserves.
The country's foreign exchange reserves rose by $2.518 billion to touch a lifetime high of $575.29 billion in the week ended November 20, RBI data showed on Friday. In the previous week ended November 13, the reserves had surged by $4.277 billion to $572.771 billion. In the reporting week, the increase in the forex kitty was on account of a rise in foreign currency assets (FCAs), a major component of the overall reserves.
India's forex reserves jumped by $12.59 billion to a new all-time high of $704.88 billion for the week ended September 27, the Reserve Bank said on Friday. The overall kitty had swelled by $2.84 billion to $692.3 billion in the previous reporting week. The $12.588 billion would be one of the highest weekly rises ever and this is the first time the reserves have crossed the $700 billion mark.
India's foreign exchange reserves continued to rise to record levels with fresh inflows of $588 million to touch $77.598 billion during the week ended May 2.
Days after an outage at MCX, Sebi chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Tuesday expressed his displeasure over "repeated" instances of breakdowns at exchanges.
India's foreign exchange reserves further rose by $328 million to cross the $121 billion mark for the week ended July 16.
India's foreign exchange reserves grew by $297 million to $141.20 billion for the week ended April one 2005,
After registering a rise of over $2 billion in the previous week, India's foreign exchange reserves increased by $962 million to cross the $91 billion mark in the week ended October 17.
'In the long run, India's strong growth story and reforms to make assets globally attractive will determine the rupee's resilience.'
After rising for two consecutive weeks, the country's foreign exchange reserves declined by $306 million to $601.06 billion in the week ended June 3, according to RBI data. In the previous week, the reserves had increased by $3.85 billion to $601.36 billion. It had risen by $4.23 billion to $597.51 billion in the week ended May 20.
India's foreign exchange reserves continued to scale new heights and crossed the $78-billion mark following record inflows during the week ending May 9.
The foreign exchange reserves during the week ending February 14 rose by $616 million mainly due to foreign investments and export remittances at $75,283 million, according to Reserve Bank of India
Foreign exchange reserves rose by $1.591 billion to touch $80.816 billion in the reporting week.
Heavy investment inflows and revaluation of currencies led to a surge in the country's foreign exchange by a record $1.82 billion during the week ending November 26, 2004.
After recording a decline in the previous week, India's foreign exchange reserves jumped by $869 million at $82.774 billion during the week ended July 4.\n\n\n\n
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The trade deficit makes up an important part of the current account deficit, which had touched an all-time high of 4.8 per cent in 2012-13.
'For most investors, I recommend a low double-digit allocation (10 to 12 per cent) to gold and silver combined.'
India's forex reserves increased by $1.78 billion to $573.78 billion in the week ended January 20, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday. This is the second consecutive week of a rise in the kitty after the $10.42 billion jump to $572 billion during the preceding week. In October 2021, the country's forex kitty had reached an all-time high of $645 billion.
The rupee breached 90-levels against the greenback for the first time on Wednesday, falling 6 paise to 90.02 in early trade, as banks kept buying US dollars at higher levels and FII outflows continued.
The country's foreign exchange reserves increased by $2.76 billion to $632.95 billion for the week ended February 18 on a healthy rise in the value of gold reserves and core currency assets, the RBI said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had declined by $1.76 billion to $630.19 billion. During the reporting week, the rise in overall reserves was on account of an increase in the foreign currency assets (FCA), a major component of the overall reserves, the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) weekly data released on Friday showed.
The country's reserve position with the International Monetary Fund also increased by $ 3.6 million to $ 3.344 billion.
India's foreign exchange reserves resumed their upward journey, rising by usd 623 million during the week ended August 26, 2005.
Gold reserves declined by $346.2 million.
After a fall last week, India's foreign exchange reserves have recorded a rise again and are nearing the $85 billion mark.
Robust trade flows and remittances by expatriates helped India's foreign exchange reserves rise for the 15th straight week to a record high, analysts said after the central bank released the latest data on Saturday.
'Calibrated depreciation will help rebalance external fundamentals, offset some of the tariff differentials with competitors, improve the competitiveness of domestic substitutes vis-a-vis Chinese imports, and contribute to the easing of financial conditions at a time when the inflation rate is unusually low,' explains Sajjid Z Chinoy, head of Asia Economics at JP Morgan.
India's foreign exchange reserves swelled by $343 million to record high of $81.672 billion, during the week ended June 6.\n\n\n\n
India's foreign exchange reserves fell by $14 million during the week ended August 13 after witnessing a rise of $1.01 billion a week earlier.
After recording a rise of over $ 1.24 billion in the previous week, India's foreign exchange reserves declined by $142 million led by a fall in gold reserves for the week ended June 4.
India's foreign exchange reserves grew marginally by $253 million to $141.45 billion for the week ended April 8, 2005.
India's foreign exchange reserves crossed the $93 billion mark following a further rise of $613 million due to fresh inflows for the week ended November 7.
After witnessing a rise in inflows for the past three weeks, India's foreign exchange reserves fell by $648 million to stand at $1,41,898 for the week ended April 22, 2005.
Robust trade and overseas investment inflows along with revaluation of currencies propelled India's foreign exchange reserves to rise further by $1.56 billion to cross $125 billion mark during the week ended November 19.
India's forex reserves decreased $2.282 billion to $640.33 billion for the seven days ended April 19 in the second consecutive week of drop in the kitty, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday. The reserves had dropped $5.40 billion to $643.16 billion in the previous reporting week, ending a multi-week trend of an increase, which also saw the overall reserves touching a new all-time high of $$648.56 billion for the week ended April 5.
The country's foreign exchange reserves touched a life time high of USD 555.12 billion after it surged by USD 3.615 billion in the week ended October 16, according to RBI data.
After recording a massive jump of over $1 billion in the previous week, India's foreign exchange reserves crossed a record high level of $70 billion in the week ended December 27.
India's foreign exchange reserves witnessed a massive jump with a further accretion of 1.710 billion, a record rise in the current fiscal, to surge past the $95 billion mark for the week ended November 21.\n\n\n\n
In a bid to promote the use of domestic currency for cross-border settlements, the Reserve Bank on Wednesday announced a slew of measures, including allowing banks to lend in Indian Rupees to non-residents from Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka for bilateral trade.
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