MUMBAI: India’s foreign exchange reserves snapped a two-week gaining streak and stood at $617.23 billion as of Feb. 9, coming off a one-month high, data from the central bank showed on Friday.

The reserves fell by $5.27 billion in the reporting week, their steepest fall in a month, after having risen by a total of $6.36 billion in the prior two weeks.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) intervenes in the foreign exchange market to curb excess volatility in the rupee.

Changes in foreign currency assets are caused by the RBI’s intervention as well as the appreciation or depreciation of foreign assets held in the reserves.

Foreign exchange reserves also include India’s reserve tranche position in the International Monetary Fund.

India’s forex reserves rise to one-month high of $622.47bn

In the week that the foreign exchange data pertains, the rupee fell 0.1% against the dollar and traded in a range of 82.8875 and 83.0700.

The domestic currency settled at 83.0150 on Friday, little changed for this week.

  FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES (in million U.S. dollars)----------------------------------------------------                              Feb 09       Feb 02                               2024         2024----------------------------------------------------Foreign currency assets      546,524      551,331Gold                          47,739       48,088SDRs                          18,135       18,190Reserve Tranche Position       4,832        4,860----------------------------------------------------Total                        617,230      622,469----------------------------------------------------