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Forex kitty rises for 7th week, adds $8.31 bn

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April 26, 2025

FOREX reserves continued rally for seventh consecutive week, adding $8.31 billion to take total reserves to $686.145 billion for the week to April 18.

- ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU @ Mumbai

This is just $19 billion shy of the peak of $704.89 billion the reserves had scaled in the reporting week to September 27, 2024. As per the RBI weekly data releas

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