From July 24 to 28, the volume of the interbank foreign exchange market in Armenia increased 3.7 times, after falling by 28.7% in the previous week. Simultaneously, in the foreign exchange market, there was a decline in demand for the ruble and the dollar, while the purchase of the euro strengthened. Currency platform is still empty.

As a result, for the reported week, the dram rate against the dollar was 479 drams for 1 dollar, against the euro it decreased from 556 to 560 drams / euro, and in relation to the ruble- 8 - 8.1 drams / ruble. A year ago, on July 28, 2016, the exchange rate of the dram against the dollar was 477.3 drams / dollar, to the euro - 529.5 drams / euro, to the ruble - 7.3 drams / ruble, which shows the annual inflation of dram in relation to these currencies.

According to the press service of the central bank, there were no currency transactions at NASDAQ OMX Armenia for two months. In the period of July 24-28 foreign exchange operations in the interbank market amounted to 26.8 million dollars, with an average exchange rate of 478.93 drams / dollar (last week 478.72 drams / dollar).

At the same time, the dynamics of dollar purchases by banks accelerated the decline by 3% to 17.1%, while the sales trend after growth of 21% fell by 5.7%.

The growth in the euro purchase accelerated by 3.4% to 21.7%, and sales after growth by 12% decreased by 2.9%, the increase in the purchase of the ruble by 22% was replaced by a decrease of 28.3%, and the purchase of the ruble increased by 25% , 6% after a decrease of 28%.

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