Armenia’s FX market on October 20: Central Bank summary
Armenian banks and credit organisations bought about $38.5 million and sold about $47.5 million on October 20.
According to the Central Bank of Armenia, the weighted average dollar buying rate was AMD 360.28 and the selling rate AMD 362.63. There were no dollar transactions on the interbank* market.
Euro transactions totalled about €13.80 million in purchases and €15.68 million in sales. The average buying rate was AMD 402.67 and the selling rate AMD 408.66. There were no euro transactions on the interbank market.
On the same day, about 2.49 billion roubles were bought at an average rate of AMD 4.28, and 944.5 million roubles were sold at AMD 4.40. On the interbank market, 425 million roubles were bought and sold at AMD 4.36.
Purchases of other currencies totalled AMD 140.1 million (about $388 thousand) in dram terms, and sales AMD 12.58 billion.
In-house purchase transactions of banks and credit organisations totalled AMD 30.21 billion, and sales AMD 40.38 billion. Interbank purchases and sales each amounted to AMD 1.85 billion.
Foreign currency bought by credit organisations totalled AMD 953.1 million in dram terms, and currency sold AMD 1.01 billion.
Intrabank and interbank transactions, October 7 to 20
Banks and credit organisations. There were no interbank dollar transactions on October 8, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19 and 20. Interbank euro transactions took place on October 7 (sales only) and October 8 (purchases only).
From October 5 to 11, exchange offices bought $15.3 million and sold $18 million. The average dollar buying rate ranged from AMD 357.74 to 360.20, and the selling rate from AMD 360.82 to 362.46.
Euro transactions totalled €4.14 million in purchases and €4.99 million in sales. The average selling rate ranged from AMD 405.23 to 406.90.
Over the week, exchange offices bought 1.05 billion Russian roubles and sold 613.9 million roubles. The rouble ranged between AMD 4.01 and 4.09.
Transactions in other currencies totalled AMD 245.5 million in purchases and AMD 221.5 million in sales in dram terms.
Exchange offices: weighted average rates, AMD
| Date | US dollar | Euro | Russian rouble | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buy | Sell | Buy | Sell | Buy | Sell | |
| October 5 | 360.20 | 362.46 | 401.96 | 406.28 | 4.091 | 4.088 |
| October 6 | 359.52 | 361.84 | 400.77 | 405.23 | 4.049 | 4.060 |
| October 7 | 359.19 | 361.74 | 401.88 | 406.24 | 4.032 | 4.055 |
| October 8 | 359.00 | 361.65 | 402.06 | 405.81 | 4.040 | 4.043 |
| October 9 | 358.65 | 361.42 | 402.16 | 406.31 | 4.038 | 4.045 |
| October 10 | 357.99 | 361.25 | 402.02 | 406.84 | 4.038 | 4.049 |
| October 11 | 357.74 | 360.82 | 401.63 | 406.90 | 4.010 | 4.059 |
* Transactions with the Central Bank of Armenia and on the Armenia Stock Exchange are not included in the calculations.
