TIRANA (Albania), May 31 (SeeNews) – The foreign exchange (FX) reserves held by Albania's central bank totalled $3.44 billion (3.1 billion euro) at the end of April, up 9.7% year-on-year, it said on Friday.
The central bank's end-April forex reserves were 3.1% lower compared to the end-March level.
Details follow (in millions of US dollars):
|
April'19 |
March'19 |
April'18 |
Total international reserves |
3,650.9 |
3,765.2 |
3,389.8 |
FX reserves |
3,437.8 |
3,548.9 |
3,133.4 |
- currency and deposits |
1,484.6 |
1,578.5 |
1,451.9 |
- securities |
1,953.2 |
1,970.4 |
1,681.5 |
Monetary gold |
64.9 |
65.5 |
66.6 |
SDRs |
111.7 |
114.5 |
152.3 |
Reserve position in the IMF |
36.1 |
36.2 |
37.5 |
Financial derivatives |
0.5 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
Source: Albanian central bank
($ = 0.89804 euro)