Forex reserves fall

Foreign exchange reserves fell $144 million to $283.499 billion for the week ended December 25, according to figures released in the Reserve Bank of India's weekly statistical supplement. The reserves have fallen for the third consecutive week.
For the week ending December 18, reserves had fallen by $2.09 billion to $283.643 billion.
Foreign currency assets expressed in dollar terms include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US currencies.
Foreign currency assets decreased by $132 million to $258.719 billion.
Gold reserves remained unchanged at $18.182 billion. SDRs were down by $9 million at $5.172 billion.
The reserve position in the IMF decreased by $3 million to $1.426 billion.