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Türkiye’s total international reserves increased by $1.45 billion to $185.05 billion in the week ending November 7, the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT) said on Thursday.
The data showed that gross foreign-exchange reserves rose by $1.60 billion to $81.99 billion, while gold reserves eased slightly to $103.06 billion from $103.22 billion.
Net international reserves reached $73.24 billion during the same week, and swap-adjusted net reserves increased from $52.7 billion to $58.4 billion.
Non-resident investors purchased a net $311.5 million in Government Domestic Debt Securities (GDSs) during the week, along with $35.7 million in equities while selling $5.6 million in securities classified as "other than government domestic debt," a category covering instruments such as corporate bonds.
As a result, foreign investors’ equity holdings increased from $32.28 billion to $32.36 billion, their government bond holdings rose from $15.57 billion to $15.85 billion, and their portfolio of other securities fell to $516.2 million from $524 million.
Foreign-currency deposits held by domestic residents stood at $209.82 billion as of November 7, down from $211.11 billion a week earlier, while total foreign-currency deposits in the banking system reached $246.92 billion. During the same period, lira-denominated deposits declined by 2.3% to ₺14.09 trillion ($333.47 billion).
Consumer loans in the banking sector also declined by 0.7% during the same period, totaling ₺5.24 trillion.
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