India’s forex reserves fell by $5.6 billion to $689.73 billion in the week ended October 31, 2025, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stated on Friday.
The reserves had actually dipped by $6.92 billion to $695.36 billion in the week preceding that, the weekly analytical information shared by the reserve bank had actually kept in mind.
For the week ended October 31, foreign currency properties, a significant part of the reserves, reduced by $1.9 billion to $564.59 billion, the RBI information revealed.
Revealed in dollar terms, the foreign currency properties consist of the result of gratitude or devaluation of non-US systems like the euro, pound and yen kept in the forex reserves.
Worth of gold reserves decreased by $3.8 billion to $101.72 billion throughout the week, the RBI stated.
Especially, the reserve bank’s gold reserves had actually struck a record $100 billion in October even as the yellow metal rallied in worldwide markets, before tape-recording a crash.
The Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) were down by $19 million to $18.64 billion, the pinnacle bank stated.
India’s reserve position with the IMF was up by $16.4 million at $4.77 billion in the reporting week, the information revealed.
The Reserve Bank of India regularly keeps track of advancements in the forex market and undertakes interventions when essential to maintain organized trading conditions. Such interventions intend to moderate unnecessary volatility in the rupee’s currency exchange rate and are not directed by any set currency exchange rate target or band.
