  Weekly digest of foreign currency deals March 22, 2013 - 18:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 101,287,991 was bought at an average price of AMD 415.84 /USD 1 and USD 107,780,219 sold at an average price of AMD 417.20 /USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market on March 18-22. Deals amounting to USD 22,000,000 at an average price of 418.57 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia during the reporting period. From February 11-March 17, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 40 bln, while USD loans amounted to 76 mln, 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 Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
