Armenia’s FX market on October 8: Central Bank summary
Armenian banks and credit organisations bought about $40.7 million and sold about $28.5 million on October 8.
According to the Central Bank of Armenia, the weighted average dollar buying rate was AMD 360.83 and the selling rate AMD 363.11. There were no dollar transactions on the interbank* market.
Euro transactions totalled about €16.4 million in purchases and €30.9 million in sales. The average buying rate was AMD 404.11 and the selling rate AMD 407.82. On the interbank market, €500,000 was bought at AMD 405.
On the same day, about 1.84 billion roubles were bought at an average rate of AMD 4.16, and 675.1 million roubles were sold at AMD 4.27. On the interbank market, 100 million roubles were bought and sold at AMD 4.23.
Purchases of other currencies totalled AMD 118.7 million (about $328,000) in dram terms, and sales AMD 968.7 million.
In-house purchase transactions of banks and credit organisations totalled AMD 29.08 billion, and sales AMD 26.78 billion. Interbank purchases amounted to AMD 625.5 million and sales AMD 423 million.
Foreign currency bought by credit organisations totalled AMD 865.8 million in dram terms, and currency sold AMD 887.8 million.
Intrabank and interbank transactions, September 25 to October 8
Banks and credit organisations. There were no interbank dollar transactions on October 5, 6 and 8, and no interbank rouble transactions on October 6. Interbank euro transactions took place on October 6 (purchases and sales), October 7 (sales only) and October 8 (purchases only).
From September 21 to 27, exchange offices bought $17.0 million and sold $18.8 million. The average dollar buying rate ranged from AMD 360.25 to 361.23, and the selling rate from AMD 362.92 to 363.55.
Euro transactions totalled €4.49 million in purchases and €4.78 million in sales. The average selling rate ranged from AMD 412.88 to 417.19.
Over the week, exchange offices bought 986 million Russian roubles and sold 593 million roubles. The rouble ranged between AMD 4.02 and 4.14.
Transactions in other currencies totalled AMD 232.7 million in purchases and AMD 221.4 million in sales in dram terms.
Exchange offices: weighted average rates, AMD
| Date | US dollar | Euro | Russian rouble | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buy | Sell | Buy | Sell | Buy | Sell | |
| September 21 | 360.92 | 363.42 | 413.47 | 417.19 | 4.087 | 4.114 |
| September 22 | 361.23 | 363.55 | 413.35 | 416.53 | 4.143 | 4.137 |
| September 23 | 360.49 | 363.15 | 411.47 | 415.71 | 4.115 | 4.112 |
| September 24 | 360.67 | 362.98 | 409.89 | 414.14 | 4.084 | 4.098 |
| September 25 | 360.36 | 362.97 | 409.51 | 413.34 | 4.081 | 4.089 |
| September 26 | 360.39 | 362.92 | 407.61 | 412.88 | 4.061 | 4.087 |
| September 27 | 360.25 | 362.94 | 408.40 | 413.38 | 4.020 | 4.090 |
* Transactions with the Central Bank of Armenia and on the Armenia Stock Exchange are not included in the calculations.
