  Weekly digest of foreign currency dealsFebruary 25, 2011 - 19:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 75,026,949 was bought at an average price of AMD 364.65 /USD 1 and USD 76,584,736 sold at an average price of AMD 365.89 /USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market from February 21 to 25, 2011. Deals amounting to USD 13,658,000 at an average price of AMD 366.40 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia during the reporting period. Meanwhile, deals amounting to USD 4,100,000 at an average price of 365.96 /USD 1 were made at the interbank market. On February 14-20, 2011, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 18.8bln, while USD loans amounted to 28mln, 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 Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
