Issue #872 Business

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Issue no: 872/41

• AUGUST 23 - 25, 2016

• PUBLISHED TWICE WEEKLY

PRICE: GEL 2.50

In this week’s issue... Temporary Administration at Georgian Branch of Bankrupt Azerbaijani Bank NEWS PAGE 3

Head of Environmental NGO on Hunger Strike in Tbilisi PAGE 4

FOCUS

ON SUCCESS IN INNOVATION Georgia ranked 64th of 128 countries PAGE in Global Innovation Index

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Georgia and Turkey to Deepen Trade, Economic Relations

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The Czech Diplomat A-Z of Georgian Memories PAGE 6

A View to the US: Third Party Rising POLITICS PAGE 8

4 Men Convicted of Bride Kidnapping in Georgia’s Adjara Region SOCIETY PAGE 10

BY THEA MORRISON

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bilisi hosted the Georgia-Turkey Agricultural Business Forum on Thursday, where the two sides discussed agricultural, business and trade relations. The sides decided to boost meat, hazelnut, honey and grape exports and shared their experience in the agriculture field. Before opening the Forum, Georgia’s Agriculture Minister, Otar Danelia, met with his Turkish counterpart, Faruk Celik. The Turkish delegation also had a meeting with Georgia’s Prime Minister, Giorgi Kvirikashvili. Continued on page 3

Georgia’s Khinchegashvili Wins Olympic Gold in Rio

SPORTS PAGE 11 Prepared for Georgia Today Business by

Markets As of 19ͲAugͲ2016

STOCKS Bank of Georgia (BGEO LN) GHG (GHG LN) TBC Bank (TBCB LI)

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

INDICES

Price

w/w

m/m

BONDS

Price

w/w

m/m

GBP 26.88

Ͳ7,3%

Ͳ2,4%

GEOROG 04/21

105.25 (YTM 5.46%)

+0,5%

+0,7%

GBP 3.00

Ͳ0,7%

Ͳ11,6%

GEORG 04/21

111.94 (YTM 4.03%)

+0,2%

+0,5%

US$ 12.20

Ͳ6,2%

Ͳ9,0%

GRAIL 07/22

111.88 (YTM 5.37%)

+0,1%

+0,5%

BGEOLN 07/23

102.38 (YTM 5.58%)

+0,6%

na

Price

w/w

m/m

50,88

+8,3%

+9,0%

CURRENCIES

Price

w/w

m/m

1 341,47

+0,4%

+0,7%

GEL / USD

2,2700

Ͳ3,0%

Ͳ3,2%

GEL / EUR

2,5706

Ͳ1,4%

Ͳ0,6% Ͳ3,5%

Price

w/w

m/m

GEL / GBP

2,9673

Ͳ1,9%

FTSE 100

6 858,95

Ͳ0,8%

+2,4%

GEL / CHF

2,3580

Ͳ1,9%

FTSE 250

17 874,10

Ͳ0,3%

+5,7%

GEL / RUB

0,0355

Ͳ1,9%

Ͳ3,8%

DAX

10 544,36

Ͳ1,6%

+5,6%

GEL / TRY

0,7750

Ͳ2,0%

+0,5%

DOW JONES

18 552,57

Ͳ0,1%

Ͳ0,0%

GEL / AZN

1,3886

Ͳ2,6%

Ͳ7,1%

5 238,38

+0,1%

+4,0%

GEL / AMD

0,0048

Ͳ2,0%

NASDAQ

Ͳ0,8%

Ͳ2,0%

MSCI EM EE

128,89

+0,0%

+2,0%

GEL / UAH

0,0899

Ͳ3,9%

Ͳ4,9%

MSCI EM

910,34

+0,0%

+4,9%

EUR / USD

0,8830

Ͳ1,4%

Ͳ2,7% +0,3%

SP 500

2 183,87

Ͳ0,0%

+0,9%

GBP / USD

0,7649

Ͳ1,2%

MICEX

1 959,72

Ͳ0,4%

+2,3%

CHF / USD

0,9605

Ͳ1,4%

Ͳ2,5%

MSCI FM

2 596,83

+0,2%

+0,7%

RUB / USD

63,8975

Ͳ1,3%

+0,6%

GT Index (GEL)

797,63

Ͳ7,8%

Ͳ7,7%

TRY / USD

2,9292

Ͳ1,0%

Ͳ3,7%

GT Index (USD)

687,01

Ͳ5,9%

Ͳ5,7%

AZN / USD

1,6825

+3,1%

+7,9%


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