ULAN BATOR, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's central bank purchased 16.3 tons of gold from legal entities and individuals in 2025, marking a 0.7 percent decrease compared to last year, according to the Bank of Mongolia on Friday.
As of December 2025, the Bank of Mongolia's average gold purchase price stood at 490,374.67 Mongolian tugriks (about 137.8 U.S. dollars) per gram, the bank said in a statement.
Purchasing gold is one of the key ways for the central bank to ensure the country's economic stability by consistently increasing foreign currency reserves, it added.
According to the central bank, Mongolia's foreign exchange reserves totalled 7 billion U.S. dollars at the end of December 2025. ■
