SBP reserves rise $49m in a week

MG News | March 20, 2025 at 06:10 PM GMT+05:00

Add Mettisglobal as a Trusted Source on Google

0:00

March 20, 2025 (MLN): The foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $48.9 million or 0.44% WoW to $11.15 billion during the week ended on March 14, 2025, data released by State Bank of Pakistan showed on Thursday.

Similarly, the country's total reserves increased by $86.9m or 0.55% WoW to $16.02bn.

The reserves held by commercial banks rose by $38m or 0.79% WoW to $4.87bn.

In the current fiscal year, SBP-held reserves have increased by $1.76bn or 18.72%.

Meanwhile, the current calendar year has seen a decrease of $563.7m or -4.81%.

**Summary of Holding and Weekly Change**
Foreign reserves held by	March 14, 2025	March 07, 2025	Change	% Change
State Bank of Pakistan	11,146.8	11,097.9	48.9	0.44%
Net Foreign Reserves Held by Banks	4,869.0	4,831.0	38.0	0.79%
Total Liquid Foreign Reserves	16,015.8	15,928.9	86.9	0.55%

Amount in USD Million

In February 2025, SBP reserves stood at $11.249bn, while commercial banks held $4.249bn, bringing total reserves to $15.50bn.

Copyright Mettis Link News

Related News

Pakistan's economic revival in full swing

Pakistan opens door to impact investing

OMO Result: SBP injects Rs1.6tr

Name	Price/Vol	%Chg/NChg
KSE100	165,596.07 264.75M	-0.54% -902.76
ALLSHR	100,017.71 623.24M	-0.46% -463.69
KSE30	49,464.92 86.97M	-0.60% -299.08
KMI30	238,952.40 97.00M	-0.58% -1388.16
KMIALLSHR	65,314.16 323.73M	-0.44% -285.47
BKTi	44,788.98 46.84M	-0.77% -347.65
OGTi	35,107.09 7.04M	-0.41% -145.22

Symbol	Bid/Ask	High/Low

Name	Last	High/Low	Chg/%Chg
BITCOIN FUTURES	80,510.00	81,895.00 80,415.00	-1110.00 -1.36%
BRENT CRUDE	108.28	109.68 106.26	2.56 2.42%
RICHARDS BAY COAL MONTHLY	110.00	0.00 0.00	-2.95 -2.61%
ROTTERDAM COAL MONTHLY	108.75	108.75 108.75	1.00 0.93%
USD RBD PALM OLEIN	1,191.50	1,191.50 1,191.50	0.00 0.00%
CRUDE OIL - WTI	99.93	100.94 97.23	3.01 3.11%
SUGAR #11 WORLD	14.78	15.07 14.74	-0.21 -1.40%