YEREVAN, April 13. /ARKA/. The State Depository of Precious Stones and Metals Agency, an affiliation of Armenian Finance Ministry, has set new prices buy and sell precious stones and metals which are effective for this week.

The new prices are for one gram of chemically pure metals. The gold is to be bought at 17,474.21 drams (down by 140.63 drams or 0.8% from the previous week) and sold at 18,993.71 drams (down by 152.86 drams or 0.8%); silver is to be bought at 217.54 drams (down 5.59 drams) and sold at 254.84 drams (up 1.29 drams); platinum is to be bought at 13,729.11 drams (down by 124.12 drams) and sold at 14,922.94 drams (down by 134.92 drams); palladium is to be bought at 8,087.13 drams (down by 323.28 drams) and sold at 8,790.36 drams (down 351.39 drams) ($1- 483.88 drams). ---0---