Hong Kong's official foreign currency reserve assets rose to US$258.2 billion in February, up US$1.1 billion on January, the Monetary Authority says.

Including unsettled forward contracts, the foreign currency reserve assets also stood at US$258.2 billion, up US$1.1 billion on January.

Hong Kong is the world's seventh largest holder of foreign currency reserves based on the latest published figures, after Mainland China, Japan, Russia, Taiwan, India and Korea.