Egypt's net international reserves down to $15.9 bn

Egypt's net international reserves (NIR) inched down to $15.882 billion at the end of November from $16.909 billion a month earlier, the country's central bank announced on Sunday.
Egypt received a $1 billion grant from Kuwait in November, Finance Minister Hany Qadry Demian announced at the time.

Egypt already returned $2.5 billion in deposits to Qatar in November, leaving $500 million outstanding, a central bank official told Reuters at the end of the same month.