Weekly digest of foreign currency dealsNovember 19, 2010 - 18:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 70,445,122 was bought at an average price of AMD 361.22 /USD 1 and USD 72,973,104 sold at an average price of AMD 362.60 /USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market from November 15 to 19. Deals amounting to USD 13,780,000 at an average price of AMD 361.20 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia during the reporting period. Meanwhile, deals amounting to USD 1,050,000 at an average price of 362.29 /USD 1 were made at the interbank market. On November 8-14, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 14.9bln. USD loans amounted to 40.8mln, 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 | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |