ArmInfo. The currency interbank of Armenia sharply increased its volume threefold from August 28 to September 1, after a decline of 46.2% a week earlier. At the same time, the active sale of the dollar continues in the intra-bank foreign exchange market, accompanied by a weakened interest in buying up the US currency, as a result of which ruble transactions intensified both in terms of purchases and sales, and a slight upward trend in euro buying was observed in parallel with the acceleration of the sales decline. The exchange currency market continues to be empty.
As a result, AMD versus the dollar was replaced by the mood from devaluation to strengthening - from 479 to 478.5 AMD / $ 1, continuing to weaken to the euro - from 565 to 569 AMD / 1evro, and to the ruble - from 8.1 to 8.3 AMD / 1 rub. A year earlier, on September 1, 2016, the exchange rate of the dram to the dollar was 475 AMD / $ 1, to the euro - 529.5 AMD / 1evro, and to the ruble - 7.3 AMD / ruble, which, in comparison with the current rates, indicates the annual devaluation of the dram to these currencies.
As the press service of Central Bank of Armenia told ArmInfo, NASDAQ OMX Armenia currency exchange market is empty for the third month. At the same time, from August 28 to September 1, transactions were made in the currency interbank market in the amount of $ 12.742 million at the weighted average rate of 478.56 AMD / $ 1 (against the previous 479.05). At the same time, in the domestic forex market, dollar buying slowed the decline from 15% to 0.7% with the acceleration of sales growth from 11% to 16.3%, euro buying out of the 14.8% decline by 3% the acceleration of the sales decline from 4.6% to 14.4%, the ruble buying from the 5% decline was replaced by 4.3% growth with a similar but more significant change in the sales trend from a 3.4% decline to 22% growth. As a result, $ 68.9 million was purchased at the average exchange rate of 477.75 AMD / $ 1, 10.1 million euro at the average rate of 567.76 AMD / 1EUR, and 1.3 billion rubles in average rate of 8.11 AMD / 1RUR, and sold $ 92.8 million at an average rate of 479.19 AMD / $ 1, 12.5 million euro at an average rate of 572.31 AMD / 1EUR, and 522.7 million rubles. at the average rate of 8.21 AMD / 1RUR.