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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
2
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
T
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%
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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%