The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves fell by $3.43 billion for the week ending August 28 to $351.92 billion, the steepest fall over one year, data released on Friday showed.
At that time, RBI intervened several times to reduce the volatility in the rupee against the dollar.
Gold reserves remained unchanged at $18.25 billion. In the same period, Special Drawing Rights fell $7.1 million to $4.07 billion, while India's reserve position with the International Monetary Fund stood at $1.30 billion, recording a fall of $2.3 million.
On Friday, the rupee ended at 66.47 to a dollar, compared to the previous close of 66.24. According to currency dealers, the weakness in the rupee was due to outflows from domestic markets and dollar buying by companies.