YEREVAN, July 16. / ARKA /. Total investments in Armenian government bonds in May 2014 amounted to 268.4 billion drams, having increased by 2.1% when compared to the previous month of April, according to the monthly bulletin of the Central Bank of Armenia for May 2014.

Resident investments in government bonds totaled about 267.6 billion drams, having increased by 2.1% from April.

Investments of Armenian banks in government bonds amounted to about 125.3 billion drams (down 46.3%), while Central Bank of Armenia investments slashed by almost 32 percent to about 43.1 billion drams.

No investments in government bonds were made in May by non-bank agents and dealers.

Investments by non-banking investors amounted to 30.4 billion drams (an increase of 5.9%) and investments by non-residents in government bonds totaled 772 million ($1 - 407.29 drams). -0-