  Weekly digest of foreign currency deals February 24, 2012 - 16:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 54,942,348 was bought at an average price of AMD 388.51 /USD 1 and USD 77,540,924 sold at an average price of AMD 389.67 /USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market on Feb 20-24. Deals amounting to USD 5,550,000 at an average price of 389.74 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia during the reporting period. From Feb 13-19, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 23.7 bln, while USD loans amounted to 52.2 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. |
