  Weekly digest of foreign currency deals February 8, 2013 - 18:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 91,538,948 was bought at an average price of AMD 405.65 /USD 1 and USD 100,891,180 sold at an average price of AMD 406.56 /USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market on Feb 4-8. Deals amounting to USD 12,100,000 at an average price of 405.88 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia during the reporting period. From January 28-Feb 3, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 38.1 bln., while USD loans amounted to 34.8 mln, 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 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. |
