Foreign exchange (FE) reserves grew by US$1.3 billion in the week ended October 26, just a third of inflows in the previous week, following curbs on  capital flows.

Foreign exchange reserves increased by US$1.307 billion to stand at US$262.450 billion for the week ended October 26. The forex reserves had increased by US$ 4.457 billion at US$ 261.143 billion for the week ended October 19. The inflows last week were much lower as compared to inflows over the past one month as well, when reserves went up by $5.356 billion in October 12; by $3.568 billion October 5 and by $ 11.871 billion during the week ended September 28.