SPAIN'S FOREIGN RESERVES RISE IN FEBRUARY Spain's foreign reserves rose by 905 mln dlrs in February to total 17.05 billion dlrs, compared with 14.11 billion dlrs in February 1986, Bank of Spain figures show. Under a new accounting system introduced this month, Spain's foreign reserves now exclude foreign currency held by financial institutions. Under the previous system, Spain's foreign reserves would have risen by 391 mln dlrs in February, taking into account a fall of 514 mln dlrs in financial institutions' foreign currency position. In January this year, the Central Bank's foreign reserves rose by 143 mln dlrs, while financial institutions' foreign currency position fell by 118 mln dlrs.