  Weekly digest of foreign currency deals March 5, 2010 - 18:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 45,890,214 was bought at average price of AMD 384.73/USD 1 and USD 61,687,374 was sold at average price of AMD 386.49/USD 1 at Armenian foreign currency market on February 15 -19. Deals amounting to USD 23,610,000 at average price AMD 387.34/USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia. On February 22-28 AMD loans granted by banks totalled 18.4 billion. USD loans grossed 26.4 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 |  Latest 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. |
