CBA: Weekly summary reviewNovember 27, 2009 - 18:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Between November 23 and 27, currency transactions in inter-bank market were as follows: banks purchased USD 53,845,315 at AMD 385.94 per 1 US Dollar and sold USD 59,059,638 at 387.17 per Dollar. In the same period, sale/purchase transactions totaled 400,000 at AMD 386 per Dollar. NASDAQ OMX sale/purchase transactions in the above period totaled USD 16,276,000 at AMD 386.01 per 1 US Dollar. From November 16 to 22, AMD and USD credits comprised 12.6 billion and 25.6 million respectively, Central Bank's press service reports. 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. |