NEW DELHI, April 10 (Xinhua) -- India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves rose by 9.063 billion U.S. dollars to 697.121 billion dollars during the week ended April 3, revealed the weekly data released by the country's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Friday.

According to the RBI data, the Foreign Currency Assets increased by 1.784 billion dollars to 552.856 billion dollars, while the Gold Reserves rose by 7.221 billion dollars to 120.742 billion dollars. ■