{"id":20210,"date":"2020-06-10T13:24:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T13:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=20210"},"modified":"2020-06-10T13:25:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T13:25:05","slug":"naira-appreciates-against-dollar-at-parallel-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=20210","title":{"rendered":"Naira appreciates against dollar at parallel market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dollars-and-naira.jpg\" alt=\"FOREX: CBN injects N273m into retail secondary market\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Naira made a rally against the U.S. dollar at the parallel market segment of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/forex\/\">foreign exchange (forex)<\/a>&nbsp;market on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Market data obtained from exchange rates platform, abokiFX, revealed that Naira appreciated to N448 to a dollar yesterday, improving by N2 relative to the N450 to a dollar it exchanged for on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The gain is attributable to a fall in forex demand by currency speculators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, at the Investors and Exporters (I&amp;E) window on Tuesday, Naira strengthened against the U.S. dollar.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/Naira\/\">Naira<\/a>\u00a0traded at N387.08 to a dollar, gaining N0.25 compared to the N387.33 rate of exchange at the session before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opening indicative rate of N385.95 to a dollar translated to a gain of N1.51 relative to the opening indicative rate of N387.46 that was posted on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a 117 per cent rise in the daily turnover to $31.81 million from the $14.66 million reported at the Monday session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The forex market has seen greater stability with improved liquidity in recent times. This has been largely influenced by a surge in the price of oil, which accounts for 90 per cent of Nigeria\u2019s forex earnings, as well as the $3.4 billion disbursement by the International Monetary Fund to the Central Bank of Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naira made a rally against the U.S. dollar at the parallel market segment of the&nbsp;foreign exchange (forex)&nbsp;market on Tuesday. Market data obtained from exchange rates platform, abokiFX, revealed that Naira appreciated to N448 to a dollar yesterday, improving by N2 relative to the N450 to a dollar it exchanged for on Monday. 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