Tuesday October 20, 02:23 PM
ECB-Gold reserves up by 1 mln euros in wk
FRANKFURT, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Gold and gold receivables held by euro zone central banks rose by 1 million euros to 238.168 billion euros in the week ending October 16, the European Central Bank said on Tuesday.
Net foreign exchange reserves in the Eurosystem of central banks fell by 1.2 billion euros to 177.9 billion euros, the ECB said in its regular weekly consolidated financial statement.
Gold holdings rose because of purchase of gold by 1 euro zone central bank, the ECB said.
The size of the ECB's balance sheet fell to 1.802 trillion euros from 1.803 trillion in the previous week.
For details of the report, please see the website: http://www.ecb.int/press
Keywords: ECB/RESERVES
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