Pakistan’s forex reserves increase to $18.644 billion

Pakistan’s forex reserves increase to $18.644 billion

KARACHI: Pakistan’s liquid foreign exchange reserves increased by $282 million on a weekly basis to $18.644 billion by week ended January 31, 2020, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.

The foreign exchange reserves of the country were at $18.362 billion a week ago on January 24, 2020.

The official reserves of SBP increased by $359 million to $12.274 billion by week ended January 31, 2020 as compared with $11.915 billion a week ago.

The reserves held by commercial banks witnessed decline by $76 million to $6.37 billion as compared with $6.447 billion a week ago.