YEREVAN, June 15. /ARKA/. Armenian commercial banks purchased about $72.3 mln at a weighted average rate of 475.9 drams per $1 in intra-banking foreign exchange market on June 8 to 12, the press service of the Central Bank reported.
In the same period, about 5.6 mln euros and about 804.3 mln rubles were purchased on the intra-banking forex market at weighted average exchange rates of 532.45 drams per €1 and 8.53 drams per ruble respectively.
At the same time, about $80.6 mln, €10 mln and about 204.6 mln rubles were sold on the intra-banking forex market at weighted average exchange rates of 477.04 drams, 537.45 drams and 8.68 drams respectively.
Dram loans extended by Armenian banks during the week before (June 1-7) totaled about 31.6 bln drams; dollar loans amounted to a total of $39.7 mln. ($1=476.62 drams). –0–
