Weekly digest of foreign currency dealsSeptember 5, 2009 - 12:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 67,168,031 was bought at average price of AMD 375.00 /USD 1 and USD 85,621,843 was sold at average price of AMD 376.81 / USD 1 at Armenian foreign currency market on August 28- September 4.Deals amounting to USD 9,050,000 at average price of AMD 374.37 /USD 1 were struck at interbank market. Deals amounting to USD 27,160,000 at average price AMD 376.86 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia. On August 24-30 AMD loans granted by banks totaled 8,9 billion. USD loans totaled 27.2 million, Central Bank of Armenia press office 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |