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Net foreign exchange reserves in the Euro system of central banks rose by 1.4 billion euros to 273.3 billion euros, the ECB said in its regular weekly consolidated financial statement.
Gold holdings fell because of sale of gold coins by 1 euro zone central bank, the ECB said.
It added that the combined balance sheet of the ECB and the 17 national central banks in the euro zone fell by 24 billion euros to 2.683 trillion euros.
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