NAIRA TAKES FRESH BEATING, EXCHANGES FOR N1140/$ AT PARALLEL MARKET

Despite recent moves by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to strengthen the foreign exchange market, the naira closed trading on the Investor & Exporter forex window on Thursday at N996.75/$. This is a 13.95 per cent decline from the N874.71/$ it closed trading on Wednesday. So far, the naira has lost 27.75 per cent of its value since opening the week at N780.23/$ according to details on FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange. Since firming up against the dollar last week, after news that the apex bank was clearing some of…

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