  Central Bank: Weekly review December 19, 2009 - 14:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Between December 7 and 13 banks purchased 60,216,554 U.S. dollars at 379.87 AMD/USD and sold 57,925,934 U.S. dollars at 381.73 AMD/USD in the inter-bank market , press office of the Central Bank of Armenia reported. At the same time sale and purchase transactions in the interbank market reached USD 4,200,000 at 382.5 AMD/USD. Within the same period sale and purchase transactions in the NASDAQ OMX reached in USD 13,490,000 at 375.24 AMD/USD. From December 7 to 13 Armenia's banks granted loans totaling AMD 13.3 billion, and dollar-denominated loans reaching USD 26 million.   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 |  Related sections 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. |
