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Forex reserves rise $2 b on RBI mop-up

Our Bureau

Mumbai , April 29

The country's forex reserves have surged by about $2 billion due to the revaluation effect as well as dollar mop-up by the Reserve Bank of India.

According to the RBI's Weekly Statistical Supplement, the reserves rose by $2.066 billion to touch $157.262 billion for the week-ended April 21. In the previous week, reserves had gained by $987 million to $155.196 billion.

According to the RBI figures, foreign currency assets increased by $2.056 billion to touch $150.737 billion during the week. Foreign currency assets, expressed in dollar terms, include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US currencies such as euro, sterling and yen.

The total FII inflow into the equity market was $34.8 million against outflows of $475.9 million in the previous week.

Gold reserves

Gold reserves remained unchanged at $5.75 billion while SDRs gained by $3 million to $ 6 million.

The reserve position in the IMF rose by $7 million to touch $764 million.

The rupee could trade in the range of 45-45.20 in the next week.

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