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India’s forex reserves dropped by $5.693 billion to $634.585 billion in the week ended January 3, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday (January 10, 2025).

In the previous reporting week, the overall kitty had declined by $4.112 billion to $640.279 billion.

The reserves have been on a declining trend for the last few weeks, and the drop has been attributed to revaluation along with forex market interventions by RBI to help reduce volatility in the rupee. The forex reserves had increased to an all-time high of $704.885 billion in end-September.

For the week ended January 3, foreign currency assets, a major component of the reserves, decreased by $6.441 billion to $545.48 billion, the data released on Friday (January 10, 2025) showed.

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

Gold reserves increased by $824 million to $67.092 billion during the week, the RBI said.

The Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) were down by $58 million to $17.815 billion, the apex bank said.

India’s reserve position with the IMF was down by $18 million at $4.199 billion in the reporting week, the apex bank data showed.

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The country’s forex reserves dropped by a further $8.478 billion to $644.391 billion for the week ended December 20, the RBI said on Friday (December 27, 2024).

In the previous reporting week, the reserves had dropped by $1.988 billion to a six-month low of $652.869 billion.

The reserves have been declining for the last few weeks, and the drop has been attributed to revaluation along with forex market interventions by RBI to help reduce volatilities in the rupee. The forex reserves had increased to an all-time high of $704.885 billion in end-September.

For the week ended December 20, foreign currency assets, a major component of the reserves, decreased by $6.014 billion to $556.562 billion, the data released on Friday (December 27, 2024) showed.

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

Gold reserves decreased by $2.33 billion to $65.726 billion during the week, the RBI said.

The Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) were down by $112 million to $17.885 billion, the apex bank said.

India’s reserve position with the IMF was also down by $23 million to $4.217 billion in the reporting week, the central bank data showed.