YEREVAN, February 22. /ARKA/. No dollar sale/purchase transactions have been effected at NASDAQ OMX Armenia over a period between February 15 and 19, the press office of the Central Bank of Armenia reports.

The latest transaction was made at the stock exchange on December 29, when the dollar traded at 484.50 drams. NASDAQ OMX Armenia is the new name of the Armenian Stock Exchange ojsc (renamed on January 27, 2009), however, it is also used to refer jointly to the stock exchange and the Central Depository of Armenia OJSC (CDA), as the both companies have been members of the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. since early 2008.

NASDAQ OMX Armenia and the CDA are the major securities market infrastructure institutions in Armenia. Since their inception in 2000, both companies had operated as self-regulatory organizations established by member broker companies, up until demutualization in 2007.

NASDAQ OMX Armenia is a part of the world’s largest exchange company, the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. In late June there were 16 companies listed at Nasdaq OMX Armenia. ($1 – AMD 495.53). --0—