Forex reseves up $82mn to $143.44bn

Foreign exchange reserves increased $82 million to $143.435 billion for the week ended October 14, 2005 when compared with $143.353 billion in the previous week, according to the weekly statistical supplement released by the RBI today.

Foreign currency assets increased $93 million to $137.303 billion. Gold reserves and SDRs were unchanged at $4.712 billion and $4 million, respectively.

The Reserve Tranche Position with the IMF declined $11 million to $1.416 billion.