Friday, August 6 2010 19:04
Last week Armenian banks provided loans worth 19.8 bln AMD and $41.7 mln 
ArmInfo. Last week (26 July – 1 August) Armenian banks provided loans worth 19.8 bln AMD and $41.7 mln, the press service of the Central Bank of Armenia told ArmInfo.
According to the source, over the current week (2-6 August) the banks bought $73.5 mln at the average exchange rate of 367,49 AMD/$1, and sold $75.3 mln at the average exchange rate of 368,74 AMD/$1 in the intrabank currency market (transactions with clients).
Over the given period currency purchase and sale operations worth $15.4 mln were carried out at the average exchange rate of 366,46 AMD/$1 at NASDAQ OMX Armenia; the biggest volume was registered on 2 and 5 August ($5.5 mln and $4.2 mln respectively).
Currency purchase and sale operations worth $2.8 mln were carried out at the average exchange rate of 367,66 AMD/$1 in the interbank currency market from 2 till 6 August. 
To note, as of 1 July 2010, the summary provision of crediting of the Armenian banking system amounted to 838.9 bln AMD or $2.3 bln, having increased by 2,3% over Q2 2010 (against 6,7% growth in Q1 2010 and almost 3% decline in Q2 2009), the annual growth being 29,3%.