Sri Lanka official reserves at USD 6.0 billion by end February

Mar 08, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s gross official reserves were 6,005.

5 million US dollars by the end of February, down from 6,152.



2 million US dollars in January this year, latest Central Bank data showed. By the end of February, foreign currency reserves were 5,091.



5 million dollars while the reserve position in the IMF was 66.

9 million dollars. SDRs were 7.2 million, reserves in Gold were 838.



8 million and other reserve assets were 1.2 million US dollars. During the year up to 08 March 2019, the Sri Lanka rupee has appreciated against the US dollar by 2.







4 percent. Rupee depreciated against the pound sterling by 0.



8 percent while it appreciated against the Japanese yen by 3.4 percent, the euro by 4.6 percent and the Indian rupee by 2.

7 percent during this period.