BANK OF FRANCE FOREIGN ASSETS RISE LATEST WEEK
Weekly figures published by the Bank of
France showed its gross foreign assets rose by about two
billion francs last week, when it was reported by banks to have
intervened on the foreign exchange markets to support the
dollar against the yen.
    The figures showed its gold, foreign currency and other
external assets rose to 415.1 billion francs from 413 billion,
mainly reflecting a rise to 116.7 billion from 114.7 billion in
foreign exchange holdings.
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