YEREVAN, March 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 were effective from February 29 to March 6. The new prices are for one gram of chemically pure metals.

The gold is to be bought at 17,853.57 drams (up by 92.19 drams from the previous period) and sold at 19,406.06 drams (up 100.21 drams); silver is to be bought at 220.91 drams (down 3.39 drams) and sold at 240.21 drams (down 3.68 drams); platinum is to be bought at 13,548.62 (down 191.83 drams) and sold at 114,726.76 drams (down 208.51 drams); palladium is to be bought at 7,197.56 drams (down 279 drams) and sold at 7,823.44 drams (down 303.25 drams) ($1- 490.73 drams). -0-