Economics

The number of foreigners who visited Armenia during the 1st 6 months of 2019 was by 14.4% higher than the number of the same period in 2018, ARMENPRESS reports PM Pashinyan wrote on his Facebook page. ''By the way, touristic season just starts. I hope our entrepreneurs, starting from taxi drivers to small shop assistants, will m...

The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 16 July, USD exchange rate up by 0.06 drams to 476.74 drams. EUR exchange rate down by 2.18 drams to 535.47 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate down by 0.01 drams to 7.60 drams. GBP exchange rate down by 5.32 drams to 593.49 drams. The Central Bank has set the following...

Asian main indexes values for 16 July: “Armenpress” reports the value of Japanese NIKKEI down by 0.69% to 21535.25 points, Japanese TOPIX down by 0.48% to 1568.74 points. Chinese Shanghai Composite down by 0.16% to 2937.62 points, and HANG SENG up by 0.23% to 28619.62 points. The Nikkei-225 Stock Average is a price-weighted aver...

The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) has provided a new loan to its partner Inecobank in Armenia to boost micro and small enterprise (MSE) financing in the country. The fund’s investment of USD 10 million aims to further expand the bank’s engagement with MSEs, by increasing financial inclusion and contributing to their ...

Precious metals prices for 15 July: “Armenpress” reports the price of gold futures is down by 0.20% to $1414.90, silver futures is up by 0.79% to $15.37, while platinum futures is up by 1.40% to $845.60. The measurement unit is 1 troy ounce (31.1 grams). New York’s NYMEХ (New York Merchantile Exchange) is a US futures market fou...

Oil prices for 15 July: WTI Crude Oil (Light Sweet) price at NYMEХ Stock Exchange down by 1.36% to $59.57 per barrel. Brent Crude Oil price at London’s IСE Stock Exchange down by 0.25% to $66.55 per barrel. Barrel is the unit of measurement of oil volume. One barrel equals to 159.98 liter. New York’s NYMEХ (New York Merchantile ...

Non-ferrous and minor metals prices for 15 July: “Armenpress” reports the price of aluminum stood at $1819.50, copper price stood at $5965.00, lead price stood at $1976.00, nickel price stood at $13300.00, tin price stood at $18185.00, zinc price stood at $2419.50, molybdenum price up by 0.43% to $25640.00, cobalt price stood at...

European main indexes values for 15 July: “Armenpress” reports the value of German DAX up by 0.52% to 12387.34 points, French CAC 40 up by 0.10% to 5578.21 points, British FTSE up by 0.34% to 7531.72 points, and Russian RTSI down by 0.10% to 1386.52 points. The German Stock Index is a total return index of 30 selected German blu...

USA main indexes values for 15 July: “Armenpress” reports the value of Dow Jones up by 0.10% to 27359.16 points, S&P 500 up by 0.02% to 3014.30 points, Nasdaq up by 0.17% to 8258.19 points. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is one of several indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company co-founder Charles ...

Asian main indexes values for 15 July: “Armenpress” reports the value of Japanese NIKKEI stood at 21685.90 points, Japanese TOPIX stood at 1576.31 points. Chinese Shanghai Composite up by 0.40% to 2942.19 points, and HANG SENG up by 0.29% to 28554.88 points. The Nikkei-225 Stock Average is a price-weighted average of 225 top-rat...