USD market average rate totals AMD 406.27 Aug 21August 21, 2013 - 19:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Deals amounting to $5,300 million at an average rate of AMD 406.03/USD1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on Aug 21. The closing price totaled AMD 406.00. The market average rate of USD totaled AMD 406.27 on Aug 21 decreasing by 0.08 point compared to Aug 20. Exchange rate of euro totaled AMD 544.56, increasing by 0.46 points while the rate of Russian ruble remained unchanged to total AMD 12.32, CBA press service 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. |