Weekly digest of foreign currency dealsOctober 21, 2011 - 17:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 80,818,649 was bought at an average price of AMD 376.3 /USD 1 and USD 99,072,949 sold at an average price of AMD 377.57 /USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market on October 17-21. Deals amounting to USD 16,820,000 at an average price of 378.26 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia during the reporting period. At the same time, deals amounting to USD 2,000,000 at an average price of 375.89 /USD 1 were concluded at the inter-bank market. From October 10-16, 2011, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 26,7 bln, while USD loans amounted to 42,3 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 | Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. Yerevan State University, Ucom sign Memorandum of Cooperation Rector of Yerevan State University Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian signed the memorandum. EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. |