USD market average rate totals AMD 404.75 Dec 21December 21, 2012 - 17:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Deals amounting to AMD 6,550 mln. at an average rate of AMD 404.04 /USD1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on December 21. The closing price totaled AMD 404. The market average rate of USD totaled AMD 404.75 on December 21, decreasing by 0.77 point compared to December 20, exchange rate of euro totaled AMD 534.31, decreasing by 2.31 points while the rate of Russian ruble decreased by 0,02 point to total AMD 13.17, 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 | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |