Foreign exchange reserves increase to $19.047 billion

Foreign exchange reserves increase to $19.047 billion

KARACHI: Pakistan’s liquid foreign exchange reserves have increased by $95 million to $19.047 billion by week ended July 17, 2020, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.

The foreign exchange reserves of the country were at $18.952 billion by week ended July 10, 2020.

The official reserves held by the central bank increased by $66 million to $12.121 billion by week ended July 17, 2020 as compared with $12.055 billion a week ago.

Similarly, the foreign exchange reserves held by commercial banks improved by $29 million to $6.926 billion from $6.897 billion a week ago.