  Weekly digest of foreign currency deals March 4, 2011 - 18:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 73,184,081 was bought at an average price of AMD 366.55 /USD 1 and USD 77,115,214 sold at an average price of AMD 367.79 /USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market from February 28 to March 4, 2011. Deals amounting to USD 27,630,000 at an average price of AMD 367.90 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia during the reporting period. Meanwhile, deals amounting to USD 1,870,000 at an average price of 367.18 /USD 1 were made at the interbank market. On February 21-27, 2011, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 22.5bln, while USD loans amounted to 48mln, the press service of the Central Bank of Armenia reported.   Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion.   Partner news |  Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
