YEREVAN, December 10. /ARKA/. The State Depository of Precious Stones and Metals Agency, an affiliation of Armenian Finance Ministry, has set new prices for government agencies to buy and sell precious stones and metals which are effective for this week. The gold buying price this week is set at 15,875.56 drams. It is higher than the previous year’s indicator by 3.5% or by 550.17 drams.

The gold selling price is set at 17,256.05 drams (- 3.5% or 598.02 drams).

The prices are for one gram of chemically pure metals.

Silver is to be bought at 214.26 drams (+ 3.99 drams) and sold at 232.89 drams (+ 4.34 drams); platinum is to be bought at 16,205.19 drams (+588.53 drams) and sold at 17,614.33 drams (+639.7 drams); palladium is to be bought at 10,634.53 drams (+ 388.34 drams) and sold at 11,559.27 drams (+ 422.11 drams). ($1=455.08 drams). –0--