KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 5): Bank Negara Malaysia's (BNM) international reserves grew marginally by 0.42% to US$95.5 billion (RM410.1 billion) as at end-January 2016, from US$95.1 billion as at Jan 15.
Compared with international reserves of US$95.3 billion as at Dec 31, the latest figure was 0.21% higher.
In a statement today, the central bank said that the reserves are sufficient to finance 8.4 months of retained imports and is 1.1 times the short-term external debt.
Foreign currency reserves make up US$87.4 billion or 91.52% of total international reserves.
The ringgit, on the other hand, was trading at 4.1535 against the US dollar today.