During the period, foreign currency assets dipped to US$258.719 billion, down by US$132 million, as compared to US$258.851 billion in the previous week, RBI said.
Foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US currencies such as Euro, Sterling, Yen held in reserves. Gold reserves stood unchanged at US$18.182 billion while the special drawing rights was down by US$9 million to US$5.172 billion.
(Published 01 January 2010, 15:44 IST)
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