  Weekly digest of foreign currency deals November 2, 2012 - 17:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 96,359,902 was bought at an average price of AMD 405.04 /USD 1 and USD 111,657,384 sold at an average price of AMD 406.14 at the Armenian foreign currency market on October 29-November 2. Deals amounting to USD 7,950,000 at an average price of 405.65 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia during the reporting period. From October 22-28, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 36.6 bln, while USD loans amounted to 46.7 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 Armenia considers Cyprus as one of its main partners in EU - envoy  Armenia considers Cyprus one of its main partners in the European Union, Ambassador Tigran Mkrtchyan has said.Armenian, Albanian Foreign Ministers discuss ties, regional issues Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania Igli Hasani.POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO.Armenia confirms will attend NATO summit in Washington Armenia has confirmed its participation in the NATO summit in Washington, a spokesperson has confirmed. |
