YEREVAN. - Armenian Ministry of Finance has set the following prices for precious metals for October 17-23.

Gold: the purchasing price is AMD 18,534.4 per gram (AMD 306.64 increase), the selling price is AMD 20,146.09 per gram (AMD 333.31 increase).

Silver: the purchasing price is AMD 355.85 per gram (AMD 13.87 increase), the selling price is 386.79 per gram (AMD 15.07 increase).

Platinum: the purchasing price is AMD 17,001.95 per gram (AMD 447.88 increase), the selling price is AMD 18,480.38 per gram (AMD 486.83 increase).

Palladium: the purchasing price is AMD 6,754.53 per gram (AMD 232.29 increase), the selling price is AMD 7,341.88 per gram (AMD 252.49 increase).