TIRANA (Albania), December 2 (SeeNews) – The foreign exchange (FX) reserves held by Albania's central bank totalled $3.49 billion (3.2 billion euro) at the end of October, down 2.5% year-on-year, it said.
The central bank's end-October forex reserves were 1.2% lower compared to the end-September level.
Details follow (in millions of US dollars):
|
Oct'19 |
Sept'19 |
Oct'18 |
Total international reserves |
3,738.8 |
3,767.5 |
3,794.6 |
FX reserves |
3,487.8 |
3,530.1 |
3,575.5 |
- currency and deposits |
1,445.5 |
1,555.4 |
1,727.7 |
- securities |
2,042.2 |
1,974.7 |
1,847.8 |
Monetary gold |
118.9 |
104.2 |
61.6 |
SDRs |
96.1 |
97.6 |
121.3 |
Reserve position in the IMF |
35.9 |
35.5 |
36.0 |
Financial derivatives |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Source: Albanian central bank
($ = 0.90730 euro)