Armenia’s commercial banks purchase over $82.1mln at intra-banking forex market last week

YEREVAN, September 9. /ARKA/. Armenian commercial banks purchased more than $82.1mln at a weighted average rate of 408.55drams per $1 in intra-banking foreign exchange market on September 2-6, the press service of the Central Bank reported.

In the same period, about 6.7mln euros and over 842.8mln rubles were purchased on the intra-banking forex market at weighted average exchange rates of 538.39drams per €1 and 12.19drams per ruble respectively.

At the same time, about $101.2mln, about €14.7mln and about 142.3mln rubles were sold on the intra-banking forex market at weighted average exchange rates of 410.33drams, 541.81drams and 12.361drams respectively.

Dram loans extended by Armenian banks during the week before (August 26 – September 1) totalled 37.7bln drams; dollar loans amounted to a total of $38.5mln. ($1=412.14drams).–0–

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