Tuesday 18 August 2015

Naira appreciates to 217 against dollar

The naira appreciated against the United States dollar at the parallel market on Monday to 217, from 221 recorded on Friday.

The naira rose on the back of weak demand for the dollar at the foreign exchange markets.
Forex traders linked this to an improved dollar liquidity occasioned by the sustained sales of the greenback by the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Reacting to the rising fortune of the local currency, the Acting President, Association of Bureau De Change Operators, Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, said, “The market has started feeling the effect of the dollar sales by the central bank in the last two weeks and tight measures introduced to prevent cross boarder currency trafficking.”

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