Foreign currency assets rose by $3.55 billion, gold by $4.99 billion and SDRs by $103 million, the official data showed.
In its monthly bulletin, the central bank said that it purchased $18.33 billion and sold $28.35 billion in December. In November, it had sold a net of $9.7 billion in the market.
“India’s foreign exchange reserves remain adequate, providing cover for goods imports for almost a year and around 96 per cent of the external debt outstanding ,” RBI said.
While foreign currency assets continue to have the largest share in India’s foreign exchange reserves, gold’s share in forex reserves increased as on February 06, 2026 over the end December level due to valuation effects.
The Indian Rupee plunged 31 paise to settle at 90.99 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday.The central bank noted that foreign portfolio investments and the Indian rupee staged a comeback, with investor sentiments turning around following the India-EU free trade agreement and the interim India-US trade deal. The Rupee depreciated against the US dollar in January in the wake of foreign portfolio outflows and uncertainty surrounding the India-US trade deal.
In February, the Rupee recovered from its January lows with net foreign portfolio flows turning positive.