China's forex reserves rise for 8th straight month

A clerk counts yuan and US dollar banknotes at a bank in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province, Sep 21, 2016. [Photo/VCG]

BEIJING - China's forex reserves rose for the eighth month in a row in September as pressure of capital outflow eased, data from the central bank showed Monday.

Forex reserves had amounted to $3.1085 trillion by the end of September, increasing $16.98 billion from a month earlier.