  Weekly digest of foreign currency deals April 29, 2011 - 18:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 44,907,307 was bought at an average price of AMD 371.86 /USD 1 and USD 54,580,435 sold at an average price of AMD 373.42 /USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market on April 26-29, 2011. Deals amounting to USD 15,900,000 at an average price of AMD 370.39 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia during the reporting period. Meanwhile, deals amounting to USD 200,000 at an average price of 370.50 /USD 1 were made at the interbank market. From April 11 to 17, 2011, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 23.7bln, while USD loans amounted to 33.3mln, 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 Armenia PM meets Iran’s Supreme Leader in Tehran  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a meeting with Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Seyyed Ali KhameneiRuling MP accuses opposition of “serving other countries' interests” Khachatur Sukiasyan has accused Armenia’s opposition of serving the interests of other countriesProtest leader vows to achieve departure of Armenian authorities According to Archbishop Bagrat, there is only one solution to the situation in Armenia.Heads of Armenian, Ukrainian parliaments hold virtual talks Alen Simonyan and Ruslan Stefanchuk held talks via video conference on Tuesday, May 21. |
