Malaysia's international reserves unchanged at $95 bln as of Feb 15

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

international reserves stood at $95 billion as of Feb. 15,

unchanged from Jan. 31, the central bank said on Wednesday.

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said reserves were sufficient to

finance 8.4 months of retained imports and were 1.1 times the

short-term external debt.

Malaysia's reserves in mid-January had fallen to lowest in

over a year, after the central bank introduced measures to shore

up the ringgit and stem the currency's slide against the

dollar.

The central bank released the following international

reserves data, expressed in billions of dollars:

Feb 15 Jan 31 Jan 13 Dec 30

Total gross 95.0 95.0 94.3 94.6

international reserves

Foreign currency 88.0 88.0 87.1 87.6

reserves

IMF reserves position 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8

SDRs 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1

Gold 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4

Other reserve assets 3.7 3.7 3.9 3.7

($1 = 4.4540 ringgit)

(Reporting by Emily Chow; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier)