Malaysia int'l reserves rise marginally to 103.9 bln USD

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's central bank Bank Negara Malaysia said on Wednesday that its international reserves stood at 103.9 billion U.S. dollars as of July 31.

The reserves were 0.6 percent higher compared with 103.3 billion U.S. dollars as of July 15.

The central bank said in a statement that the reserves position is sufficient to finance 7.6 months of retained imports and is 1.2 times total short-term external debt.

The international reserves consisted of 97.7 billion U.S. dollars in foreign currency reserves, 1.2 billion U.S. dollars in International Monetary Fund Reserves Position, 1.1 billion U.S. dollars in Special Drawing Rights, 1.8 billion U.S. dollars in gold and 2.1 billion U.S. dollars in other reserves assets.