Gold and gold receivables held by euro zone central banks remained unchanged at 363.249 billion euros in the week ending Sept. 16, the European Central Bank said on Tuesday.

Net foreign exchange reserves in the Eurosystem of central banks rose by 1 billion euros to 177.9 billion euros, the ECB said in its regular weekly consolidated financial statement.

The combined balance sheet of the ECB and the 17 national euro zone central banks rose by 48 billion euros to 2.135 trillion. Capital and reserves totalled 81.481 billion, the statement showed.

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