Bank of Lithuania
2002-08-07

At the end of June 2002, international reserves made up LTL 8,238.3 million (USD 2,348.6 million, EUR 2,386.0 million).In the course of one month they increased by LTL 262.2 million, or 3.3 percent.

The main reason behind the increase was net sales of the anchor currency by commercial banks to the Bank of Lithuania of LTL 527.6 million.Factors acting in the opposite direction included Bank of Lithuania repo transactions with non-residents that declined by LTL 196.0 million, operations with central government institutions and the decline of the US dollar exchange rate against the litas.

(LTL millions, unless otherwise indicated; end of period)
  Official reserve assets
Total Monetary gold2 Special
drawing
rights
 
Reserve
position
in
the IMF

 
Foreign exchange Other
claims
USD
millions 
EUR
millions1
LTL
millions 
LTL
millions 
in
fine
troy
ounces
(millions)


 
Total Currency and deposits Securities Financial
derivatives
Total With
monetary
authorities
and the BIS

 
With banks
05 2002 2,164.9 2,310.0 7,976.0 224.5 0.186 218.7 0.1 7,532.7 757.5 314.0 443.5 6,775.2 - -
06 2002 2,348.6 2,386.0 8,238.3 208.4 0.186 206.8 0.1 7,823.0 1,429.2 264.7 1,164.5 6,393.8 - -
05 - 06 2002
Change: in millions 183.7 75.9 262.2 -16.1 - -11.9 0.0 290.3 671.7 -49.3 721.0 -381.4 - -
in per cent 8.5 3.3 3.3 -7.2 - -5.5 -1.9 3.9 88.7 -15.7 162.6 -5.6 - -

 

Notes:


1.XEU till December 31, 1998
2. Since December 2001 gold has been valued once per month on the last working day at the value of London gold price fixing. Previously, gold was valued once per year on the last working day at the lowest value of London gold price fixings during the year, if that value was lower than book value.