India Forex Reserve: India’s foreign exchange reserves have rose $ 6.992 billion to $ 692.721 billion during the week ended on May 23. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gave this information on Friday. Earlier, the Forex Reserve of the country fell to $ 685.729 billion during the week ended May 16.

Increase in foreign currency assets

At the end of September 2024, the foreign exchange reserves reached the high level of $ 704.885 billion. The data released on Friday revealed that for the week ended on May 23, Forex assets, which is a major component of reserves, rose by $ 4.516 million to $ 586.167 billion. Foreign exchange assets expressed in terms of dollars include the influence of the decrease of non-American currencies such as the euros, pounds and yen placed in foreign exchange reserves.

Gold reserve also increased

RBI said that the gold reserve during the week has also increased by $ 2.366 billion to $ 83.582 billion. Special drawing rights (SDR) rose $ 81 million to $ 18.571 billion. According to the data of the Reserve Bank, this week the IMF has also recorded an improvement in India’s reserved situation, which increased by $ 30 million to $ 4.401 billion.

How much does Pakistan have a treasure?

At the same time, according to data released by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday, Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves have increased by $ 70 million to $ 11.516 billion till 23 May. Whereas on 16 May it was $ 11.447 billion. Pakistan’s Liquid Foreign Exchange Reserve stood at $ 16.637 billion, which shows a slight decline of $ 12 million compared to the previous week. It also includes net holdings of commercial banks. During this period, the net reserve of commercial banks also fell by $ 82 million, which fell to $ 5.121 billion.

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Pakistan Foreign exchange reserves: According to the latest data from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Pakistan’s total foreign exchange reserves were recorded at US $ 16.02 billion in the last week of March 14, 2025. According to the report of ARY News, a statement issued by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) stated that SBP reserves increased by $ 48.9 million during this period, causing it to US $ 11.14 billion. In addition, it reached US $ 4.87 billion with an increase of $ 38 million in foreign currency reserves kept by commercial banks. In this way, the total reserves of the country increased by $ 86.9 million to $ 16.02 billion.

On March 20, 2025, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) recorded the highest level in the KSE-100 index so far. During the intra-day trading, the index reached a record-breaking high of 119,421.81 points, while the current index closed at 118,663.73, with a gain of 689.71 points (0.58%).

Positive trends among investors
This positive trend of PSX has shown optimistic spirit among investors. This speed was supported by major shares like Hubc, Mari, Engroh, SYS and PPL, which together contributed 551 points to the index. However, FFC, Efert and POL registered a decline of 54 points in the index by putting negative pressure.

PSX’s future expectations
PSX is likely to continue in the coming days, as investors are optimistic about the future performance of the market. The total trading volume with over 268 million shares stood at Rs 20.2 billion, indicating strong activity in the market. Please tell that Pakistan has been facing financial crisis for many years. In the meantime, the increase in Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves is considered good from the economic perspective of the country. However, during this period, Pakistan is also continuously talking about loans to IMF, but the IMF has placed some strict condition, which is causing trouble for Pakistan.