Issue #952 Business

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Issue no: 952/81

• JUNE 6 - 8, 2017

• PUBLISHED TWICE WEEKLY

PRICE: GEL 2.50

In this week’s issue... Georgia to Host Silk Road Forum in November

FOCUS ON PROMOTING DCFTA POTENTIAL Civil Society Organizations & LAGS are being entrusted with informing and training Georgia's farmers

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London Terrorist Attacks BY NINO GUGUNISHVILI

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wo weeks after 22 people were killed by a suicide bomber at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, yet another attack hit the UK on Saturday June 3, reports the BBC. A white van hit pedestrians at London Bridge and Borough Market, after which three terrorists armed with knives jumped out of the van and stabbed people on the street and in nearby restaurants. Seven people were killed and the Ambulance Service says 48 patients were taken to five hospitals; 21 are still in a critical condition. Four police officers were also injured, two seriously, the BBC reports. Continued on page 8

NEWS PAGE 2

Commercializing Science: Story of the Phage ISET PAGE 4

Georgian Wine Export in January-May Increases by 64% PAGE 5

RETAIL FPI | Is Georgia’s Tomato Business Rotten?! PAGE 9

No Time to Sleep: Meet the Mind behind the New Creative Media PAGE 10

Border to Border Health Education Project Returns to Armenia SOCIETY PAGE 11 Prepared for Georgia Today Business by

Markets As of 02ͲJunͲ2017

STOCKS Bank of Georgia (BGEO LN) GHG (GHG LN) TBC Bank Group (TBCG LN)

COMMODITIES Crude Oil, Brent (US$/bbl) Gold Spot (US$/OZ)

INDICES

w/w

m/m

Price

w/w

m/m

GBP 36.91

Ͳ1,4%

+2,2%

GEOROG 04/21

105.59 (YTM 5.14%)

+0,1%

+0,1%

GBP 3.5

Price

+0,6%

Ͳ5,4%

GEORG 04/21

BONDS

111.70 (YTM 3.59%)

+0,3%

+0,5%

GBP 17.55

+3,5%

+7,0%

GRAIL 07/22

110.86 (YTM 5.29%)

+0,3%

+0,3%

BGEOLN 07/23

101.42 (YTM 5.72%)

+0,1%

+0,6%

Price

w/w

m/m

49,95

Ͳ4,2%

Ͳ1,0%

CURRENCIES

Price

w/w

1 279,17

+1,0%

+1,8%

GEL / USD

2,4263

+0,5%

Ͳ0,6%

GEL / EUR

2,7338

+1,3%

+2,5%

Price

m/m

w/w

m/m

GEL / GBP

3,1249

+1,1%

Ͳ1,0%

FTSE 100

7 547,63

Ͳ

+4,1%

GEL / CHF

2,5207

+1,6%

+2,5%

FTSE 250

20 002,75

Ͳ0,1%

+1,0%

GEL / RUB

0,0428

+0,2%

Ͳ

DAX

12 822,94

+1,8%

+2,5%

GEL / TRY

0,6910

+2,4%

Ͳ0,1%

DOW JONES

21 206,29

+0,6%

+1,2%

GEL / AZN

1,4213

Ͳ0,6%

Ͳ2,4%

6 305,80

+1,5%

0,0050

Ͳ

Ͳ

145,30

Ͳ1,6%

Ͳ3,8%

GEL / UAH

0,0923

+0,5%

+0,4%

1 015,08

Ͳ0,2%

+2,7%

EUR / USD

0,8863

Ͳ0,9%

Ͳ3,1%

SP 500

2 439,07

+1,0%

+2,0%

GBP / USD

Ͳ0,7%

+0,4%

MICEX

1 881,87

Ͳ2,7%

Ͳ7,2%

CHF / USD

0,9631

Ͳ1,1%

Ͳ2,9%

MSCI FM

2 738,36

+0,9%

+4,3%

RUB / USD

56,6353

+0,2%

GT Index (GEL)

1 133,66

Ͳ

Ͳ

TRY / USD

3,5088

Ͳ1,9%

Ͳ0,5%

GT Index (USD)

922,38

Ͳ0,4%

+0,6%

AZN / USD

1,6967

+0,4%

+1,1%

NASDAQ MSCI EM EE MSCI EM

+3,5%

GEL / AMD

0,7758

Ͳ0,7%


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