India's forex reserves rise to $143.353 bn

Foreign exchange reserves increased $294 million to $143.353 billion for the week ended October 7, 2005, according to the weekly supplement released by the Reserve Bank of India on Saturday.

Foreign currency assets moved up $290 million to $137.210 billion. Gold reserves and SDRs were unchanged at $4.712 billion and $4 million, respectively.

The Reserve Tranche Position with the International Monetary Fund was up $4 million to $1.427 billion.