India's forex reserves fall to $319.35 bln as of Aug 8 - RBI

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MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's foreign exchange reserves fell to $319.35 billion as of Aug. 8, compared with $319.99 billion the week earlier, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday.
Changes in foreign currency assets, expressed in dollar terms, include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of other currencies held in its reserves, the RBI said in its weekly statistical supplement.
Foreign exchange reserves include India's Reserve Tranche position in the International Monetary Fund.
(Reporting by Neha Dasgupta; Editing by Prateek Chatterjee)
First Published: Aug 15 2014 | 9:27 PM IST