  Weekly digest of foreign currency deals February 17, 2012 - 17:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 73,566,425 was bought at an average price of AMD 388.36/USD 1 and USD 86,638,752 sold at an average price of AMD 389.3 /USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market on Feb 13-17. Deals amounting to USD 17,890,000 at an average price of 389.08 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia during the reporting period. From Feb 6-12, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 26.7 bln, while USD loans amounted to 43.1 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 Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan  The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops.Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skillsArmenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi ArabiaPashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |
