YEREVAN, November 29. /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 November 21 to 27. The new prices were for one gram of chemically pure metals.

The gold was to be bought at 17, 332.46 drams (down 3.8% or 685.98 drams from the previous period) and sold at 18,839.63 drams (down 3.8% or 745.63 drams); silver was to be bought at 240.36 drams (down by 21.38 drams) and sold at 261.26 drams (down 23.23 drams); platinum was to be bought at 13,252.94 (down 777.99 drams) and sold at 14,405.37 drams (down 845.64 drams); palladium was to be bought at 9,998.14 drams (up 617.84 drams) and sold at 10,867.54 drams (up 671.56 drams) ($1- 479.72 drams). --0----