BEIJING, March 7 (Reuters) - China's foreign exchange
reserves fell more than expected in February, official data
showed on Tuesday, as the dollar rose against other major
currencies.
The country's foreign exchange reserves - the world's
largest - fell $51 billion to $3.133 trillion last month,
compared with $3.160 trillion tipped by a Reuters poll of
analysts and $3.184 trillion in January.
The yuan fell 2.6% against the dollar in
February, while the dollar last month rose 2.8% against a basket
of other major currencies .
China held 65.92 million fine troy ounces of gold at the end
of February, up from 65.12 million ounces at the end of January.
The value of China's gold reserves fell to $120.28 billion
at the end of February from $125.28 billion at the end of
January.
(Reporting by Albee Zhang and Joe Cash; Editing by Andrew
Heavens)
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