31 Dec Naira drops to N570/$1 at parallel market
The Naira weakened against the dollar at the parallel market to trade at N570 amid demand for the currency during the yuletide season.
Street traders across forex markets in Lagos quoted the rate at N570 to a dollar on Thursday.
This is a drop of N5 or 0.9 percent from the N565 it traded last week.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has consistently maintained that the parallel market represented less than one percent of foreign exchange (FX) transactions and should never be used to determine Nigeria’s naira/dollar exchange rate.
At the official market, the currency appreciated by 0.06 percent to open at N413.79 against N415/ a dollar on Wednesday, according to details on FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange, a platform that oversees official foreign-exchange trading in Nigeria.
Traders said the naira could come under pressure next week on the unofficial market where it trades more freely as outbound travel and businesses resume, according to a report by Reuters.
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