Saturday, June 12 2010 16:24

ArmInfo. Last week (31 May-6 June) Armenian banks provided loans worth 17.6 bln AMD and $52 mln, the press service of the Central Bank of Armenia told ArmInfo.

According to the source, over the current week (7-11 June) the banks bought $63.3 mln at the average exchange rate of 375,58 AMD/$1, and sold $55.9 mln at the average exchange rate of 377,70 AMD/$1 in the intrabank currency market (transactions with clients). Over the given period currency purchase and sale operations worth $17.8 mln were carried out at the average exchange rate of 374,29 AMD/$1 at NASDAQ OMX Armenia; the biggest volume was registered on 10 and 11 June ($8.117 mln and $6.950 mln respectively). Currency purchase and sale operations worth $752.7 thsd were carried out at the average exchange rate of 376,44 AMD/$1 in the interbank currency market from 7 till 11 June.

To note, as of 1 April 2010, the summary provision of crediting of the Armenian banking system amounted to 830.6 bln AMD or $2.1 bln, having increased by 6,7% over Q1 2010 (against 4,6% growth over Q1 2009), and as compared with Q1 2009 this index grew by 23%.