TIRANA (Albania), March 29 (SeeNews) – The foreign exchange (FX) reserves held by Albania's central bank totalled $3.53 billion (3.14 billion euro) at the end of February, up 8% year-on-year, it said on Friday.
The central bank's end-February FX reserves were 1.1% lower compared to the end-January level.
Details follow (in millions of US dollars):
|
Feb'19 |
Jan'19 |
Feb'18 |
Total international reserves |
3,751.7 |
3,793.4 |
3,523.9 |
FX reserves |
3,533.3 |
3,571.7 |
3,266.2 |
- currency and deposits |
1,601.5 |
1,636.7 |
1,418.8 |
- securities |
1,931.8 |
1,935.0 |
1,847.4 |
Monetary gold |
66.7 |
67.1 |
66.8 |
SDRs |
115.2 |
117.8 |
153.2 |
Reserve position in the IMF |
36.4 |
36.5 |
37.6 |
Financial derivatives |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
Source: Albanian central bank
($ = 0.88969 euro)