Issue #948 Business

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Issue no: 948/79

• MAY 23 - 25, 2017

• PUBLISHED TWICE WEEKLY

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ON THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FORUM Two days, six top speakers. Find out more inside.

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PRICE: GEL 2.50

In this week’s issue... Radio NRJ Celebrates Georgian Launch at Tbilisi Event Hall NEWS PAGE 2

Free or Fearful? The Fear of Floating in the South Caucasus ISET PAGE 4

PM Kvirikashvili Attends World Economic Forum BY THEA MORRISON

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eorgia and Jordan signed a mutual agreement on deepening cooperation in tourism within the frames of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Middle East and North Africa 2017 held in Jordan last weekend. Georgian Prime Minister, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, and his Jordanian counterpart, Hani Mulki, also attended the signing ceremony. The Prime Ministers held a face-to-face meeting and also expressed interest in boosting cooperation other fields, including in economic relations. Continued on page 2

Legendary Band Aerosmith Wows 10,000 Strong Crowd at Black Sea Arena PAGE 9

Georgian Foreign Minister Meets HighRank Officials in Cyprus POLITICS PAGE 10

Agriculture Minister: The State Cannot Help Farmer Victims of Weather Disaster SOCIETY PAGE 11 Prepared for Georgia Today Business by

Markets As of 19ͲMayͲ2017

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

Price

w/w

m/m

GBP 36.84

+2,1%

+5,4%

GEOROG 04/21

105.45 (YTM 5.20%)

Ͳ0,1%

+0,3%

GBP 3.45

Ͳ5,5%

Ͳ3,2%

GEORG 04/21

BONDS

111.26 (YTM 3.73%)

Ͳ0,1%

+0,3%

GBP 16.03

Ͳ2,5%

+4,3%

GRAIL 07/22

110.67 (YTM 5.34%)

Ͳ0,1%

+0,3%

BGEOLN 07/23

101.27 (YTM 5.75%)

Ͳ0,1%

+0,2%

Price

w/w

m/m

53,61

+5,4%

+1,3%

CURRENCIES

w/w

m/m

1 255,93

+2,2%

Ͳ1,9%

GEL / USD

2,4200

Ͳ0,6%

+1,1%

GEL / EUR

2,7124

+1,9%

+5,7%

Price

Price

w/w

m/m

GEL / GBP

3,1530

+0,6%

FTSE 100

7 470,71

+0,5%

+5,0%

GEL / CHF

2,4876

+2,3%

+3,7%

FTSE 250

19 812,80

+0,3%

+2,0%

GEL / RUB

0,0426

Ͳ0,2%

+0,2%

DAX

12 638,69

Ͳ1,0%

+5,2%

GEL / TRY

0,6770

Ͳ0,7%

+3,9%

DOW JONES

20 804,84

Ͳ0,4%

+2,0%

GEL / AZN

1,4095

Ͳ3,0%

Ͳ1,4%

6 083,70

Ͳ0,6%

+3,8%

GEL / AMD

0,0050

Ͳ

+2,0%

NASDAQ

+3,2%

148,95

+0,0%

+3,3%

GEL / UAH

0,0918

Ͳ0,2%

+2,6%

995,67

Ͳ0,7%

+4,5%

EUR / USD

0,8923

Ͳ2,4%

Ͳ4,4%

SP 500

2 381,73

Ͳ0,4%

+1,9%

GBP / USD

0,7671

Ͳ1,1%

MICEX

1 962,40

Ͳ1,6%

+2,4%

CHF / USD

0,9729

Ͳ2,8%

Ͳ2,6%

MSCI FM

2 682,24

Ͳ0,2%

+3,4%

RUB / USD

56,8925

Ͳ0,3%

+0,6%

GT Index (GEL)

1 133,22

Ͳ

+0,0%

TRY / USD

3,5745

+0,1%

Ͳ2,7%

GT Index (USD)

931,07

Ͳ0,6%

+3,2%

AZN / USD

1,7012

+1,4%

+0,2%

MSCI EM EE MSCI EM

Ͳ2,0%


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