TABLE-India's forex reserves at $312.50 bln on May 2
MUMBAI, May 9 (Reuters) - India's foreign exchange reserves INFXR=ECI fell for a second week to $312.50 billion as on May 2, from $312.871 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 2 April 25 May 4
2008 2008 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------ Foreign currency assets 302,576 302,328 196,500 Gold 9,427 10,039 7,036 SDRs 18 18 11 Reserve Tranche Position 479 486 462 ------------------------------------------------------------ Total 312,500 312,871 204,009 ------------------------------------------------------------ (Reporting by Mumbai Treasury Desk; Editing by Ramya Venugopal)
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