March 11(SeeNews) - The foreign exchange reserves held by Moldova's central bank, BNM, decreased by $114.6 million net in February, reaching $2.793 billion (2.489 billion euro), BNM said.
Foreign exchange inflows totalled $13.4 million in February, BNM said in a monthly report on Friday.
Those inflows represented mainly a $4.09 million income from managing foreign exchange reserves and net inflows related to the required foreign currency reserves of licensed banks of $3.96 million.
Foreign exchange outflows totalled $128 million in February, representing mainly interventions on the domestic foreign exchange market in the form of currency selling amounting to $84.8 million.
The gold reserves held by BNM were worth $3.161 million at the end of February, higher than $3.129 million at end-January.
($=0.8914 euro)