In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had increased $4.038 billion to USD 698.268 billion.
In both the past weeks, the jump in the reserves was led by the rise in the value of gold reserves which jumped by $2.1 billion compared to the previous week at $92.42 billion. Meanwhile, the foreign currency assets rose to $587.04 billion, up $2.5 billion.
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 increased $2.12 billion to $92.419 billion during the week, the RBI said.
The Special Drawing Rights also rose by $32 million to $18.773 billion, the apex bank said.
The reserve position with the IMF was up by $9 million at $4.76 billion in the reporting week, the apex bank data showed.
