  Weekly digest of foreign currency deals January 27, 2012 - 16:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 70,520,579 was bought at an average price of AMD 386.79 /USD 1 and USD 83,932,567 sold at an average price of AMD 388.00 /USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market on Jan 23-27. Deals amounting to USD 18,325,000 at an average price of 387.91/USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia during the reporting period. From Dec 16-22, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 20.6 bln, while USD loans amounted to 35.6 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 The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
