{"id":45563,"date":"2021-07-09T08:28:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T08:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=45563"},"modified":"2021-07-09T08:28:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T08:28:27","slug":"naira-appreciates-against-the-u-s-dollar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=45563","title":{"rendered":"Naira appreciates against the U.S dollar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Naira-and-Dollar.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, the Nigerian currency gained against the US Dollar in the foreign currency (FX) market\u2019s Investors and Exporters (I&amp;E) window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Data from FMDQ securities shows the domestic currency appreciated by 20 kobo or 0.05 percent against the greenback to close on Thursday, July 8 at N411.25\/$1 compared with N411.45\/$1 it finished on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Market participants during trading yesterday bid for The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/why-naira-was-devalued-for-third-time-in-a-year-finance-minister\/\">Naira<\/a>&nbsp;at an intraday low of N420.86 and a high of N400.00 before closing at N411.25 on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the factors that supported this gain was the decline in the demand for FX at the market window during the session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Data shows the turnover for the day stood at $84.06 million, $176.45 million, or 67.7 percent lower than the $260.51 million recorded a day earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the black market, Data from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/naira-free-fall-continues-loses-8-of-its-value-in-first-half-of-the-year\/\">Abokifx<\/a>&nbsp;shows that Naira exchange rate to the dollar, Euro remained unchanged but gained against the British pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Naira to U.S dollars closed at N503\/$1 and Euro at N593\/\u20ac1 but gained N2 against the Pound to finish at N708\/\u00a31 compared with the previous day\u2019s N710\/\u00a31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, the Nigerian currency gained against the US Dollar in the foreign currency (FX) market\u2019s Investors and Exporters (I&amp;E) window. 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