scorecardresearchAt $533 billion, India's forex reserves decline to over two-year low

At $533 billion, India's forex reserves decline to over two-year low

Updated: 08 Oct 2022, 09:30 AM IST
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The country's reserves declined for a ninth consecutive week. They were $537.52 billion at the end of the previous week ended Sept. 23.

A man counts US dollars in a money exchange shop in Dhaka on July 28, 2022. (Photo by Munir uz zaman / AFP)

A man counts US dollars in a money exchange shop in Dhaka on July 28, 2022. (Photo by Munir uz zaman / AFP)

(Reuters) - India's foreign exchange reserves fell to $532.66 billion in the week through Sept. 30, their lowest level since July 2020, the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) weekly statistical supplement showed on Friday.

The country's reserves declined for a ninth consecutive week. They were $537.52 billion at the end of the previous week ended Sept. 23.

The rupee breached the key 82 per dollar level on Friday, having weakened for four straight weeks, with traders saying the RBI had likely intervened occasionally over the period to arrest the pace of currency's fall.

First Published: 08 Oct 2022, 09:30 AM IST