BEIJING, Nov 7 (Reuters) - China's foreign exchange reserves rose unexpected in October, official data showed on Monday, as the dollar fell against other major currencies.

The country's foreign exchange reserves - the world's largest - rose $23.47 billion to $3.052 trillion last month, compared with $3.018 trillion tipped in a Reuters poll of analysts and $3.029 trillion in September.

The yuan fell 2.5% against the dollar in October, while the dollar fell 0.6% in October against a basket of other major currencies.

China held 62.64 million fine troy ounces of gold at the end of October, unchanged from the end-September.

The value of China's gold reserves fell to $102.67 billion at the end of October from $104.72 billion at the end-September. (Reporting by Albee Zhang and Kevin Yao; Editing by Sam Holmes)