Finance

Some of Armenian exchange markets see growth in 2009: NASDAQ OMX Armenia CEO

YEREVAN, January 29, /ARKA/. NASDAQ OMX Armenia CEO Armen Melikyan convened a news conference today to announce the market results for 2009. He said despite the effects of the global financial crisis, some of the exchange markets in Armenia even saw a growth compared to the previous year.

Thus, corporate bonds, the best performing market of the year, was up 4.7 times to AMD 10.55 billion. Government bonds trading was also active at AMD 2.4 billion, an increase by 43% over 2008, and annual trading in repurchase agreements (REPO), which was only launched in December 2008, exceeded AMD 5 billion. During 2009, currency equivalent to AMD 372.93 billion was traded representing a 10% increase over the same of 2008.

The stock market was the least active exchange market in 2009: total value of trading in stocks on the exchange amounted to AMD 98 million, a decrease by 63% compared to the indicator of 2008. At the end of 2009, market capitalization stood at AMD 53.1 billion. ($1 – 377.45 Drams). -0-


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Market USD exchange rates
Market EUR exchange rates
Market exchange rates 02/09/2010
Currency Symbol Unit Rate Changes
USA Dollar USD 1 365.03 1.29
Euro EUR 1 468.19 3.8
Russian Rоublе RUR 1 11.90 0.08

Favorable еxchange rates of banks 03/09/2010
Currency Buy Sell
USD 366
ProCreditBank
367.5
“ArmSwissBank”
Euro 467
Byblos Bank Armenia
ProCreditBank
472
ArmBusinessBank
Armenian Development Bank
RUR 11.85
"VTB Bank (Armenia)"
BTA Bank
12
ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK
Ameriabank
ProCreditBank

Macroeconomics
Indicator Term Figures
economic growth,% 2010-06 106.7
GBP, billion AMD 2010-06 1332
inflation, % 2010-07 103.7
Budget deficit (proficit), bln AMD 2010-06 16.9
trade deficit, mln USD 2010-06 -1281.2
foreign trade turnover, mln USD 2010-06 2116.8
foreign trade turnover, % 2010-06 129.8
Gross External Reserves, mln. USD 2010-06 1780
Monetary base, billion AMD 2010-06 434.5
Money supply, billion AMD 2010-06 786.6

Financial market
Indicator Term Figures
Anual interests on loans
Legal entities in AMD 2010-06 13.8
Legal entities in USD 2010-06 12.6
Individuals in AMD 2010-06 22.6
Individuals in USD 2010-06 19.2
Anual interests on deposits
Legal entities in AMD 2010-06 8.4
Legal entities in USD 2010-06 7.2
Individuals in AMD 2010-06 9.8
Individuals in USD 2010-06 5.4
Annual profitability
state stock of CBA, % 2008-08 8
fiscal stock of Armenia, % 2010-06 9.6

The percents of the CBA
Indicator Term Figures
Banking rate 2010-07 13
Repo 2010-07 7.25
Credit 2010-07 10.25
Depo 2010-07 4.25



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