  Weekly digest of foreign currency deals May 27, 2010 - 16:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 59,715,485 was bought at an average price of AMD 382.84 /USD 1 and USD 57,014,036 sold at an average price of AMD 384.22 /USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market from May 24 to 27. Meanwhile, deals amounting to USD 13,200,000 at an average price of 380.62 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia during the same period. On May 17-23, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 17 billion. USD loans amounted to 30.4 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. |
