Weekly digest of foreign currency dealsJuly 16, 2010 - 16:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 77,319,365 was bought at an average price of AMD 364.49 /USD 1 and USD 78,251,032 sold at an average price of AMD 366.1 /USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market from July 13 to 16. Deals amounting to USD 17,935,000 at an average price of AMD 364.08 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia during the reporting period. Meanwhile, deals amounting to USD 400,000 at an average price of 363.59/USD 1 were made at the interbank market. On July 5-11, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 13.6 billion. USD loans amounted to 34.3 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 | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |