YEREVAN, September 5. /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 August 29 to September 4. The new prices were for one gram of chemically pure metals.
The gold was to be bought at 18, 688.96 drams (down 1% or 194.59 drams from the previous period) and sold at 20,314.08 drams (down 1 or 211.51 drams); silver was to be bought at 263.86 drams (down by 13.45 drams) and sold at 286.81 drams (down 14.62 drams); platinum was to be bought at 15,373.17 (down 317.99 drams) and sold at 16,709.97 drams (down 345.64 drams); palladium was to be bought at 9,750.76 drams (down 49.12 drams) and sold at 10,598.65 drams (down 53.39 drams) ($1- 474.78 drams). –0—-