TABLE-India's forex reserves at $312.70 bln on May 9
MUMBAI, May 16 (Reuters) - India's foreign exchange reserves INFXR=ECI rose to $312.70 billion as on May 9, from $312.50 billion a week earlier, the central bank said in its weekly statistical supplement on Friday.
The central bank said foreign currency assets, expressed in dollar terms, included the effect of appreciation or depreciation of other currencies held in its reserves such as the euro, pound sterling and yen.
The foreign exchange reserves include India's Reserve Tranche Position in the International Monetary Fund, the central bank said. ------------------------------------------------------------ FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES (in million U.S. dollars) ------------------------------------------------------------
May 9 May 2 May 11
2008 2008 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------ Foreign currency assets 302,776 302,576 196,493 Gold 9,427 9,427 7,036 SDRs 18 18 1 Reserve Tranche Position 479 479 461 ------------------------------------------------------------ Total 312,700 312,500 203,991 ------------------------------------------------------------ (Reporting by Mumbai Treasury Desk; Editing by Harish Nambiar)
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