Gold buying price ups 1.33% in Armenia

YEREVAN, March 21. /ARKA/. The State Depository of Precious Stones and Metals Agency, an affiliation of Armenian Finance Ministry, has set new prices for government agencies to buy and sell precious stones and metals which were effective from March 14 to March 20.

The new prices are for one gram of chemically pure metals.

The gold is to be bought at 18,316.987 drams (up by 241.16 drams from the previous period) and sold at 19,909.27 drams (up 262.11 drams); silver is to be bought at 224.34 drams (up  6.74 drams) and sold at 243.84 drams (up 7.32 drams); platinum is to be bought at 14,326.79 (up 215.75 drams) and sold at 15,572.60 drams (up 779.99 drams); palladium is to be bought at 8,228.65 drams (up 430.17  drams) and sold at 8,944.14 drams (up 793.65 drams). ($ 1 – 486.07 drams). -0-

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