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Issue no: 978/94
• SEPTEMBER 5 - 7, 2017
• PUBLISHED TWICE WEEKLY
PRICE: GEL 2.50
In this week’s issue... Forest in Mountainous Adjara Catches Fire NEWS PAGE 2
Georgian, Hungarian Foreign Ministers Meet in Budapest
FOCUS ON CRIME & PUNISHMENT
Paying your bills and the punishments if you don't
ISET PAGE 5
Visegrad Group Reaffirms Strong Support for Eastern Partnership
POLITICS PAGE 4
China & its Dealings in the South Caucasus BUSINESS PAGE 6
Visa: Offering Security and Innovation in Georgia & Worldwide BUSINESS PAGE 9
Georgia Hosts Annual Agile Spirit Drills
BY THEA MORRISON
T
he Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Visegrad Group (V4) reaff irmed their strong support to the Eastern Partnership and named it a key factor in the stability of Eastern Europe. Continued on page 4
BUSINESS PAGE 10
Number of Foreign Visitors up by 27.4% in August SOCIETY PAGE 11 Prepared for Georgia Today Business by
Markets As of 01ͲSepͲ2017
STOCKS BGEO Group (BGEO LN) GHG (GHG LN) TBC Bank Group (TBCG LN)
COMMODITIES Crude Oil, Brent (US$/bbl) Gold Spot (US$/OZ)
INDICES
Price
w/w
m/m
BONDS
Price
w/w
GBP 34.66
Ͳ0,4%
Ͳ0,5%
GEOROG 04/21
106.43 (YTM 4.80%)
+0,3%
+0,7%
GBP 3.48
Ͳ2,0%
Ͳ6,0%
GEORG 04/21
112.46 (YTM 3.18%)
+0,3%
+0,5%
GBP 16.18
+0,8%
Ͳ2,3%
GRAIL 07/22
110.67 (YTM 5.23%)
+0,5%
+0,6%
BGEOLN 07/23
103.60 (YTM 5.28%)
+0,8%
+1,3%
Price
w/w
m/m
52,70
+0,6%
+1,8%
CURRENCIES
1 323,91
+2,5%
+4,3%
GEL / USD
2,4480
+1,4%
+2,3%
GEL / EUR
2,8984
+0,7%
+2,8%
Price
w/w
m/m
m/m
Price
w/w
m/m
GEL / GBP
3,1754
+2,1%
+0,5%
FTSE 100
7 448,52
+0,6%
+0,3%
GEL / CHF
2,5454
+0,9%
+2,6%
FTSE 250
19 777,36
+0,5%
Ͳ0,4%
GEL / RUB
0,0425
+3,2%
+7,1%
DAX
12 144,82
Ͳ0,2%
Ͳ0,9%
GEL / TRY
0,7142
+1,8%
+5,3%
DOW JONES
21 993,25
+0,8%
+0,1%
GEL / AZN
1,4400
+1,4%
+1,5%
+2,0%
+2,0%
NASDAQ MSCI EM EE
6 433,15
+2,7%
+1,1%
GEL / AMD
0,0051
156,81
+2,7%
+6,9%
GEL / UAH
0,0949
+0,5%
MSCI EM
1 087,70
+0,2%
+1,7%
EUR / USD
0,8415
+0,3%
Ͳ0,7%
SP 500
2 476,29
+1,4%
Ͳ0,0%
GBP / USD
0,7709
Ͳ0,7%
+1,8%
+2,5%
MICEX
2 009,35
+1,5%
+3,6%
CHF / USD
0,9617
+0,5%
Ͳ0,4%
MSCI FM
2 806,33
Ͳ0,4%
+2,5%
RUB / USD
57,5656
Ͳ1,8%
Ͳ4,6%
GT Index (GEL)
1 133,66
Ͳ
Ͳ
TRY / USD
3,4265
Ͳ0,4%
Ͳ2,9%
GT Index (USD)
922,38
Ͳ0,4%
+0,6%
AZN / USD
1,6982
Ͳ0,1%
Ͳ0,0%