Mumbai, April 18 -- April 18:India's foreign exchange reserves rose by $1.57 billion to $677.84 billion for the week ended April 11, according to the weekly data released by the RBI on Friday. This is the sixth straight week in which the country's forex kitty has recorded an increase.

The foreign exchange reserves had surged by $10.8 billion to $676.3 billion during the preceding week ended April 4. For the week ended April 11, foreign currency assets, a major component of the reserves, rose by $892 million to $574.98 billion, the data released on Friday showed. Expressed in dollar terms, the foreign currency assets include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US units like the euro, pound and yen held in the foreign exchan...