YEREVAN, February 7. /ARKA/. Total volume of purchase-sale transactions in USD implemented in NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange from January 30 to February 3, 2011 was about $17.5 million, reduced by 4.3% compared to the indicator of the last week, press-service of Central Bank of Armenia informed ARKA News Agency.

Currency trading in the reporting period was implemented by weighted average rate of 387.06 drams per $1, and transactions in euro and ruble was not implemented in the stock exchange.

Open JSC NASDAQ OMX Armenia (operating as Open JSC “Armenian stock market” till January 27, 2009) was established in 2001 as a self-regulatory organization on the basis of volunteer unification of 21 dealer companies. At the beginning of November 2007 the stock exchange was re-organized into open joint stock company. Since November 7, 2008 the company ОМХ (currently NASDAQ OMX) is 100% shareholder of shares in NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock market. On June 5, 2009 the stock exchange became a 100% shareholder of shares of Central Depository of Armenia.

License for organization of auctions on purchase-sale of currency was provided to NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange by CBA on November 7, 2005. Auctions in the currency platform started officially on November 15, 2005. --0--