BEIJING, Feb 7 (Reuters) - China's foreign exchange
reserves rose more than expected in January, official data
showed on Tuesday, as the dollar fell against other major
currencies.
The country's foreign exchange reserves - the world's
largest - rose $56.8 billion to $3.184 trillion last month,
compared with $3.152 trillion tipped by a Reuters poll of
analysts and $3.128 trillion in December.
The yuan rose 2.2% against the dollar in Jan.,
while the dollar last month fell 1.4% against a basket of other
major currencies.
China held 65.12 million fine troy ounces of gold at the end
of January, up from 64.64 million ounces at the end of December,
central bank data showed.
The value of China's gold reserves rose to 125.28 billion at
the end of Jan. from $117.24 billion at the end of December.
(Reporting by Albee Zhang and Kevin Yao; Editing by Andrew
Heavens)
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