Naira depreciates again at parallel market. CBN expected to increase forex allocation to BDCs

Friday, 18th June 2021: The exchange rate between the naira and the US dollar closed at N411/$1 at the official Investors and Exporters window. Naira appreciated on Friday against the US dollar to close at N411 to a dollar compared to N411.5/$1 recorded on Thursday, 17th June, 2021. Also, the exchange rate depreciated at the parallel […]

Naira strengthens across FX markets as speculators react to reports of CBN funding to BDCs

Thursday, 17th June 2021: The exchange rate between the naira and the US dollar closed at N411.5/$1 at the official Investors and Exporters window. Naira appreciated on Thursday against the US dollar to close at N411.5 to a dollar compared to N412/$1 recorded on Wednesday, 16th June 2021. Also, the exchange rate gained at the

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Exchange rate drops at NAFEX window as external reserves slumps to record low

Wednesday, 16th June 2021: The exchange rate between naira and the US dollar closed at N412/$1 at the Investors and Exporters window, where forex is traded officially. Naira depreciated further against the US dollar on Wednesday to close at N412 to a dollar. This represents a 0.06% decline compared to N411.75/$1 recorded on Tuesday, 15th

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Naira falls at FX markets despite increase in dollar liquidity

Tuesday, 15th June 2021: The exchange rate between naira and the US dollar closed at N411.75/$1 at the official Investors and Exporters window. Naira depreciated against the US dollar on Tuesday to close at N411.75 to a dollar. This represents a 95kobo decline compared to  N410.8/$1 recorded on Friday, 11th June 2021. Also, the naira

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Naira depreciates at official window as dollar supply drops significantly by 58.5%

Tuesday, 8th June 2021: The exchange rate between the naira and the US dollar closed at N411.50/$1 at the official Investors and Exporters window. Naira depreciated against the US dollar on Tuesday to close at N411.50 to a dollar, representing a 0.1% loss compared to N411.07/$1 recorded on Monday, 7th June 2021. However, the naira remained

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Forex scarcity despite oil prices selling as high as $71pb? This article explains why.

Brent crude oil reached $71 last week as it headed to a second consecutive week of gains on signs of a recovery in demand from the United States to Europe, increasing optimism among producers with OPEC+ confirming its plans to ease the production cuts by 840,000 barrels per day (bpd) in July. Although oil prices

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Naira remains stable across forex markets as crude oil price hits $70

Monday, 31st May 2021: The exchange rate between the naira and the US dollar closed at N412/$1 at the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange window (NAFEX). Naira remained flat at the Investors and Exporters window on Monday, as it closed at N412 to a dollar, the same as was recorded on Friday, 28th May 2021. Similarly,

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Naira falls at black market as it prepares for a N500/$1 exchange rate following CBN devaluation

Wednesday, 26th May 2021: The exchange rate between the naira and the US dollar closed at N411.50/$1 at the Importers and Exporters window, where forex is traded officially. The Naira appreciated against the US dollar on Wednesday at the official NAFEX window to close at N411.50 to a dollar. This represents a 0.01% gain when compared

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Naira gains at NAFEX window as crypto market crashes to high selloffs losing about $339.2 billion

Wednesday, 19th May 2021: The exchange rate between the naira and the US dollar closed at N410.75/$1 at the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange (NAFEX) market, where forex is traded officially. Naira appreciated against the US dollar on Wednesday at the Importers and Exporters window to close at N410.75 to a dollar as against N411.63/$1 that

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Exchange rate declines to N411.63/$1 at the NAFEX window. Bitcoin continues losing streak and drops to $43,196.39.

Tuesday, 18th May 2021: The exchange rate between the naira and the US dollar closed at N411.63/$1 at the Importers and Exporters window, where forex is traded officially. Naira depreciated against the US dollar on Tuesday to close at N411.63 to a dollar compared to N411.5/$1 recorded on Monday, 17th May 2021. This represents a

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