  Weekly digest of foreign currency deals April 22, 2011 - 16:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 67,510,321 was bought at an average price of AMD 376.17 /USD 1 and USD 75,814,685 sold at an average price of AMD 377.27 /USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market on April 18-22, 2011. Deals amounting to USD 14,625,000 at an average price of AMD 376.02 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia during the reporting period. Meanwhile, deals amounting to USD 1.1mln at an average price of 376.92 /USD 1 were made at the interbank market. From April 18 to 22, 2011, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 23.7bln, while USD loans amounted to 33.3mln, 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 Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |
