KARACHI: Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), during the week ending Jan 5, rose to 21-month high increasing by $14.3 million to $11.503 billion, reported the bank of Thursday.

However, reserves of the commercial banks slipped by $10.9m to $6.58bn during the week. The country`s total reserves have also increased by $3.4m to $18.084bn.