India's Forex Reserves Hit A New Lifetime High Of $586 Billion

Data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday showed that the country's reserves were up by $758 million to reach a record high of $586.082 billion in the week ended 8 January.

In the previous week ended 1 January, the reserves had increased by $4.483 billion to $585.324 billion.

In the reporting week, foreign currency assets (FCAs), a major component of the overall reserves, rose by $150 million to $541.791 billion.

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

The gold reserves climbed by $568 million to $37.594 billion, as per RBI's weekly data.

After remaining unchanged during the last week, the special drawing rights (SDRs) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) increased by $5 million to $1.515 billion.

The country's reserve position with the IMF was up by $35 million to $5.181 billion in the week.