Pakistan’s forex reserves increase by $91 million

Pakistan’s forex reserves increase by $91 million

KARACHI: Pakistan’s liquid foreign exchange reserves have increased by $91 million to $18.735 billion by week ended February 07, 2020, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.

The foreign exchange reserves were at $18.644 billion by week ended January 31, 2020.

The foreign exchange reserves of the central bank increased by $157 million to $12.431 billion by week ended February 07, 2020 as compared with $12.274 billion a week ago.

However, the foreign exchange reserves held by commercial banks fell by $66 million to $6.304 billion by week ended February 07, 2020 as compared with $6.37 billion a week ago.