YEREVAN. – Commercial banks in the foreign currency market have purchased about $81 million and sold about $85 million, Central Bank of Armenia informs.

As compared to previous week, the purchase rates remained the same, while the sales decreased by about $10 million. Last week was very uncommon regarding the loans. The loans in the national currency made $100 million, while on US dollar loans made $59.3 million in the period of Jan. 21 to 27. Weekly index made $160 million, which is even ahead of the New Year rates.