Friday, July 16 2010 18:54
Last week Armenian banks provided loans worth 13.6 bln AMD and $34.3 mln 
ArmInfo.  Last week (5-11 July) Armenian banks provided loans worth 13.6 bln AMD and $34.3 mln , the press service of the Central Bank of Armenia told ArmInfo.
According to the source, over 13-16 July the banks bought $77.319 mln at the average exchange rate of 364,49 AMD/$1, and sold $78.251 mln at the average exchange rate of 366,1 AMD/$1 in the intrabank currency market (transactions with clients). Over the given period currency purchase and sale operations worth $17.935 mln were carried out at the average exchange rate of 364,08 AMD/$1 at NASDAQ OMX Armenia; the biggest volume was registered on 15 July ($6.850 mln). Currency purchase and sale operations worth $400 thsd were carried out at the average exchange rate of 363,59 AMD/$1 in the interbank currency market from 13 till 16 July. 
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 by 23% as compared with the same period of 2009.