Malaysia's c.bank reserves unchanged at $101.5 bln as of Nov 15

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Malaysia's gross

international reserves stood at $101.5 billion as of Nov. 15,

the central bank said on Wednesday, unchanged from Oct. 31 when

it was last reported.

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said the reserves were sufficient

to finance 7.5 months of retained imports and were 1.1 times the

short-term external debt.

The central bank released the following international

reserves data, expressed in billions of dollars:

Nov 15 Oct 31 Oct 13 Sept 29

Total gross 101.5 101.5 101.4 101.2

international reserves

Foreign currency 95.0 95.0 94.7 94.8

reserves

IMF reserves position 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8

SDRs 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2

Gold 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5

Other reserve assets 3.0 3.0 3.2 2.9

($1 = 4.1170 ringgit)

(Reporting by KL Bureau; Editing by Amrutha Gayathri)