YEREVAN, April 11. /ARKA/. In late February 2016 the overall investments in Armenian government bonds rose by 2.4% from January to 334.8 billion drams, according to the Central Bank’s monthly bulletin for February.

According to the Central Bank, resident investments in the government bonds amounted to about 334 billion drams, an increase of 2.5% from January.

Investments of Armenian banks increased by 24.5% to 199.9 billion drams, while the investments of the Central Bank amounted to about 80.8 billion drams, having decreased by 28.4%. Non-bank investors’ investments grew by 1.3% to 53.3 billion drams.

At the same time, non-residents' investments in government bonds amounted to 749 million drams ($ 1 - 483.88 drams). -0-