December 7 (SeeNews) - The foreign exchange reserves held by Moldova's central bank, BNM, increased by $29.23 million net in November, reaching $2.72 billion (2.30 billion euro), BNM said on Thursday.
Foreign exchange inflows totalled $41.5 million in November, BNM said in a monthly report.
Those inflows represented mainly interventions in the domestic foreign exchange market in the form of purchases of foreign currency of $20 million and appreciation of currencies part of Moldova's foreign exchange reserves relative to the US dollar in the amount of $11.8 million.
Foreign exchange outflows totalled $12.3 million in November, representing mainly external debt payments of $6.51 million and payments of $5.06 million made by the finance ministry.
The gold reserves held by BNM were worth $3.086 million at the end of November, slightly up from $3.033 million at end-October.
($=0.8457 euro)