USD market average rate totals AMD 406.50December 19, 2012 - 16:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Deals amounting to AMD 2,5 mln. at an average rate of AMD 405.75 /USD1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on December 19. The closing price totaled AMD 405.75. The market average rate of USD totaled AMD 406.50 on December 19, decreasing by 0.92 point compared to December 18, exchange rate of euro totaled AMD 539.38, increasing by 2.60 points while the rate of Russian ruble increased by 0,05 point to total AMD 13.24, 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 | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Pashinyan: Armenia’s desired goal is “on the horizon” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that Armenia is moving forward “without interruption”. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. |