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The forex reserves rose $614.6 million to touch $316.393 billion in the week to July 4, on account of rise in currency assets.
In the previous week, reserves had risen by $856.6 million to $315.778 billion.
With this, the reserves are close to the record high reported in late 2011 at $321 billion.
Foreign currency assets (FCAs), a major constituent of the overall reserves, rose $760.6 million to $289.573 billion in the reporting week, the Reserve Bank said in its weekly statement here today.
FCAs, expressed in dollar terms, include the effect of appreciation/depreciation of the non-US currencies such as the euro, pound and yen held in reserves.
The gold reserves dropped by 155.5 million to $20.634 billion in the reporting week.
The special drawing rights was up $6.9 million to $4.466 billion, and the country's reserve position with the IMF also rose $2.6 million to $1.718 billion in the period under review, the central bank said.
