CBUAE’s gold reserves up 19.7% YoY

ABU DHABI: The value of gold reserves held by the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) reached AED20.619 billion by the end of May 2024, marking a year-on-year (YoY) growth of 19.7 percent from AED17.219 billion in May 2023. The apex bank, in its Monthly Statistical Bulletin - Banking and Monetary Statistics for May 2024 released today, showed that gold reserves increased by 1.3 percent on a monthly basis from AED 20.36 billion in April 2024. The UAE's gold reserves have significantly grown over the past years, hitting AED12.862 billion by the end of 2020 from AED4.44 billion by the end of 2019, and AED1.134 billion in 2018 Source : Emirates News Agency