Assets at the Exchange Fund, which is used to back the Hong Kong dollar, totalled HK$3,825.0 billion ($492.29 billion) at the end of February, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said on Friday.
The figure was HK$48.9 billion higher than the total at the end of January, with foreign currency assets and Hong Kong dollar assets rising HK$41.7 billion and HK$7.2 billion respectively, the city's de facto central bank said in a statement.