USD market average rate totals AMD 418.02 March 26March 26, 2013 - 16:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Deals amounting to $700 000 at an average rate of AMD 418,95 /USD1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on March 26.The closing price totaled AMD 419. The market average rate of USD totaled AMD 418.02 on March 26, decreasing by 0.13 point compared to March 25, exchange rate of euro totaled AMD 537.83, decreasing by 6.57 points while the rate of Russian ruble decreased by 0.08 point to total AMD13.54, 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |