Economics

The economic activity index (EAI) of Armenia grew by 6.5% in January-February 2019 from the same period last year, according to the latest figures released by Armenia’s National Statistical Service (NSS). As the statistics show, the index at the same time stood at 7.6% in February from January of the ongoing year, Panorama.am ...

Armenia’s economic activity index increased 6.5% in January-February 2019 compared to January-February 2018, according to the data released by the National Statistical Committee, reports Armenpress. In particular, the construction volume has greatly increased – 21.6%. The growth in trade turnover comprised 13.1%, and the volume ...

Asian main indexes values for 25 March: “Armenpress” reports the value of Japanese NIKKEI down by 3.01% to 20977.11 points, Japanese TOPIX down by 2.45% to 1577.41 points. Chinese Shanghai Composite down by 1.97% to 3043.03 points, and HANG SENG down by 2.03% to 28523.35 points. The Nikkei-225 Stock Average is a price-weighted a...

The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 25 March, USD exchange rate up by 0.12 drams to 485.98 drams. EUR exchange rate up by 0.86 drams to 550.08 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate down by 0.02 drams to 7.56 drams. GBP exchange rate up by 3.56 drams to 640.13 drams. The Central Bank has set the following pr...

The world’s leading specialists in biotechnologies, economics and other scientific branches will gather in Yerevan to take part in an international scientific conference dedicated to the modeling of the effective development of economy and politics, the Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises told Armenpress. Evolution and Arti...

European main indexes values for 22 March: “Armenpress” reports the value of German DAX down by 1.61% to 11364.17 points, French CAC 40 down by 2.03% to 5269.92 points, British FTSE down by 2.01% to 7207.59 points, and Russian RTSI down by 1.96% to 1213.40 points. The German Stock Index is a total return index of 30 selected Ger...

Precious metals prices for 22 March: “Armenpress” reports the price of gold futures is up by 0.37% to $1313.40, silver futures is down by 0.26% to $15.44, while platinum futures is down by 1.35% to $848.20. The measurement unit is 1 troy ounce (31.1 grams). New York’s NYMEХ (New York Merchantile Exchange) is a US futures market ...

Oil prices for 22 March: WTI Crude Oil (Light Sweet) price at NYMEХ Stock Exchange down by 1.49% to $58.97 per barrel. Brent Crude Oil price at London’s IСE Stock Exchange down by 1.06% to $67.03 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...

USA main indexes values for 22 March: “Armenpress” reports the value of Dow Jones down by 1.77% to 25502.32 points, S&P 500 down by 1.90% to 2800.71 points, Nasdaq down by 2.50% to 7642.67 points. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is one of several indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company co-founder C...

Non-ferrous and minor metals prices for 22 March: “Armenpress” reports the price of aluminum stood at $1920.00, copper price stood at $6501.00, lead price stood at $2055.00, nickel price stood at $13275.00, tin price stood at $21400.00, zinc price stood at $2869.00, molybdenum price stood at $26000.00, cobalt price stood at $300...