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India’s RBI Said to Have Sold at Least $5 Billion to Boost Rupee

(Bloomberg) -- India’s central bank sold US dollars across both onshore and offshore currency markets this month to prop up the rupee as it weakened toward a record low, according to people familiar with the transactions. The Reserve Bank of India sold at least $5 billion worth of the US currency, one of the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private. The RBI didn’t immediately respond to an email requesting comment on the matter. If the trend persists, it could become RBI’s largest month of...
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India’s forex reserves up $4.84 billion to $702.78 billion; highest since Sept 2024 peak

India’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $4.84 billion to $702.78 billion in the week ended June 27, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday, July 4.In the previous week, reserves had declined by $1.01 billion to $697.93 billion. The reserves remain just below the record high of $704.89 billion reached in late September 2024. Foreign currency assets, the largest component of the forex reserves, reflect the impact of movements in non-US currencies such as the euro, pound and yen, the RBI said.Gold reserves fell by $1.23 billion to...
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