November 15 (SeeNews) - Serbia acquired 9 tonnes of gold on the international markets in October, increasing its total reserves to 30.4 tonnes, central bank governor Jorgovanka Tabakovic said.
In this way, the central bank diversified its reserves with the most qualitative type of assets, Tabakovic said in a video file posted on the website of news agency Tanjug on Thursday.
"We will keep those nine tonnes at the treasury of Switzerland's central bank in Bern," Tabakovic said.
The foreign exchange (FX) reserves held by Serbia's central bank rose to 13.499 billion euro ($14.876 billion) at the end of October, up by 203.5 million euro on a monthly comparison basis, the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) said earlier this week.
Net FX reserves (total reserves less banks’ FX balances on account of required reserves and other requirements) amounted to 11.482 billion euro at end-October, up 298 million euro on the month.
($ = 0.9075 euro)