India's forex reserves rise to 642.49 bln USD as rupee falls

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India's forex reserves rise to 642.49 bln USD as rupee falls

STORY: India's forex reserves rise to 642.49 bln USD as rupee falls SHOOTING TIME: March 20, 2024 DATELINE: March 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the India gate 2. various of the Reserve Bank of India 3. various of a market STORYLINE: India's foreign exchange reserves reached an all-time high of 642.49 billion U.S. dollars during the week ended on March 15, the country's central bank has reported. This was the fourth straight week with an increase in the forex reserves for the South Asian country. According to the Reserve Bank of India on Friday, the forex reserves rose by nearly 6.4 billion dollars during the week ended on March 15. The foreign currency assets stood at 568.386 billion dollars, while the gold reserves amounted to 51.14 billion dollars during the cited week, the data showed. Meanwhile, the Indian rupee fell to its lowest level of 83.43 against the U.S. dollar, due to broad weakness in its Asian peers and the aggressive

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