Naira Appreciates To N990/$ On Parallel Market

The naira appreciated marginally against the dollar on the parallel market where it exchanged at N990/$ on Tuesday, stronger than the N1000/$ it closed on Monday.

However, on the official Investors and Exporters’ (I&E) forex window the naira depreciated to N869.91/$, compared to the N809.02/$ it closed on Monday. However, intra-day trade from the data obtained by FMDQ showed that the highest spot rate exchanged at N1100/$1 while the lowest spot rate recorded was N700/$1.

The official I&E window reported a daily volume turnover of $70.92 million representing a 19.09 per cent decline compared to the $87.65 million it recorded on Friday.

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