Weekly digest of foreign currency dealsApril 23, 2010 - 17:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 58,880,448 was bought at an average price of AMD 392.35 /USD 1 and USD 59,792,250 sold at an average price of AMD 393.81 /USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market from April 19-23. Deals amounting to USD 9,950,000 at an average price of AMD 390.78 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia during the same period. Meanwhile, deals amounting to USD 700,000 at an average price of 393.03 /USD 1 were made at the inter-bank market. On April 12-18 AMD loans granted by banks totaled 12.9 billion. USD loans grossed 26.9 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 | Macron honors Charles Aznavour on 100th anniversary French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to the memory of French-Armenian crooner Charles Aznavour. Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan. Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. At least 2 CSTO members participated in preparing 44-day war against Armenia – PM Nikol Pashinyan has declared that at least two CSTO member countries participated in preparations for the 44-day war against Armenia. |