India's forex reserves rose by $2.703 billion to $698.192 billion during the week ended July 25, the RBI said on Friday.
In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had dropped USD 1.183 billion to $695.489 billion.
For the week ended July 25, foreign currency assets, a major component of the reserves, increased by $1.316 billion to $588.926 billion, the data showed.
Expressed in dollar terms, the foreign currency assets include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US units like the euro, pound and yen held in the foreign exchange reserves.
The gold reserves grew by $1.206 billion to $85.704 billion during the week, the RBI said.
The Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) were up by USD 126 million to USD 18.809 billion, the apex bank said. -- PTI