China's central bank keeps gold buying for 15th month

BEIJING, Feb 7 (Reuters) – China's central bank continued buying gold for a 15th consecutive month, with its holdings of the precious metal reaching 74.19 million fine troy ounces by the end of January, up from the previous month's 74.15 million. China's gold reserves were valued at $369.58 billion at the end of last month, versus $319.45 billion a month earlier, showed data from the People's Bank of China showed on Saturday. (Reporting by Qiaoyi Li, Ellen Zhang and Ryan Woo; Editing by William Mallard)

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