CAIRO- Egypt's net foreign reserves rose to $40.672 billion in August from $40.609 bln in July, the central bank said on Monday.

Foreign reserves have been rising since June 2020, after dropping to around $36 billion from more than $45.5 billion due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

(Writing by Nafisa Eltahir) ((Nafisa.Eltahir@thomsonreuters.com;))