Forex reserves increase by $3.6 billion to record $545.63 billion

Gold reserves were up by USD 486 million in the reporting week to $36.486 billion, the RBI data showed.

The country's foreign exchange reserves rose by $3.618 billion to reach a life-time high of $545.638 billion in the week ended October 2, 2020, the RBI data showed.
 
In the previous week ended September 25, the reserves had declined by $3.017 billion to $542.021 billion.
 
During the reporting week, the increase in forex kitty was on account of rise in foreign currency assets (FCA), a major component of the overall reserves. FCA increased by $ 3.104 billion to $ 503.046 billion in the week ended October 2, the data showed.
 
Expressed in dollar terms, the foreign currency