BANK OF FRANCE FOREIGN ASSETS RISE LATEST WEEK

  Weekly figures published by the Bank of
  France showed its gross foreign assets rose by about two
  billion francs last week, when it was reported by banks to have
  intervened on the foreign exchange markets to support the
  dollar against the yen.
      The figures showed its gold, foreign currency and other
  external assets rose to 415.1 billion francs from 413 billion,
  mainly reflecting a rise to 116.7 billion from 114.7 billion in
  foreign exchange holdings.
  

