  Weekly digest of foreign currency deals January 14, 2011 - 17:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 167,387,267 was bought at an average price of AMD 361.86 /USD 1 and USD 238,703,697 sold at an average price of AMD 363.37 /USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market from December 27, 2010 to January 14,2011. Deals amounting to USD 58,940,000 at an average price of AMD 363.90 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia during the reporting period. Meanwhile, deals amounting to USD 3,685,000 at an average price of 361.32 /USD 1 were made at the interbank market. On December 20, 2010 – January 9, 2011 AMD loans granted by banks totaled 56,3 bln, while USD loans amounted to 111,9 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 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. |
