  Weekly digest of foreign currency deals June 4, 2010 - 16:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 68,009,662 was bought at an average price of AMD 377.13 /USD 1 and USD 70,645,547 sold at an average price of AMD 378.81 /USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market from May 31 to June 4. Deals amounting to USD 12,060,000 at an average price of AMD 376.74 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia during the same period. Meanwhile, deals amounting to USD 100,000 at an average price of 377.50 /USD 1 were made at the interbank market. On May 24-30, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 12.1 billion. USD loans amounted to 37.7 million, the press service of the RA Central Bank 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. |
