ECB-Gold reserves up by 1 mln euros in wk

FRANKFURT | Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:06am EST

FRANKFURT Dec 15 (Reuters) - Gold and gold receivables held by euro zone central banks rose by 1 million euros to 238.146 billion euros in the week ending Dec. 11, the European Central Bank said on Tuesday.

Net foreign exchange reserves in the Eurosystem of central banks fell by 1.1 billion euros to 163.4 billion euros, the ECB said in its regular weekly consolidated financial statement.

Gold holdings rose because of a purchase by one euro zone central bank, the ECB said.

The ECB's balance sheet totalled 1.745 trillion euros, down from 1.759 trillion a week earlier.

For details of the report, please see the website: www.ecb.int/press
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