YEREVAN,  September 20. /ARKA/. The State Depository of Precious Stones and Metals Agency, an affiliation of Armenian Finance Ministry,  set new prices for government agencies to buy and sell precious stones and metals which were effective from September 12 to September 18.

The new prices were for one gram of chemically pure metals.

The gold was  to be bought at 18, 766.09 drams (up 1.7% or  311.39 drams from the previous period) and sold at 20,397.92 drams (up 1.7% or 338.46 drams); silver was  to be bought at 275.75 drams (up 12.8 drams) and sold at 299.73 drams (up 13.91 drams); platinum was to be bought at 15,183.91 (up 363.37 drams) and sold at 16,504.25 drams (up 394.96 drams); palladium was  to be bought at 9,633.93 drams (up 133.58 drams) and sold at 10,471.66 drams (up 145.19 drams) ($1- 473.86 drams). --0----