HONG KONG, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's total exchange fund assets reached 2.235 trillion HK dollars as of Nov. 30, up 197.1 billion HK dollars from October, the Monetary Authority said Thursday.

    According to the agency, Hong Kong's foreign currency assets rose 196.3 billion HK dollars and the Hong Kong dollar assets grew by 800 million.

    The rise in foreign currency assets was mainly due to the purchases of foreign currencies with Hong Kong dollars, an increase in unsettled purchases of securities and valuation gains on foreign currency investments.

    Meanwhile, the growth in Hong Kong dollar assets was attributed to valuation gains on Hong Kong equities.