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Naira appreciates by 0.6%, trades N1,607/$ at official market - NAN
Nigeria’s currency, Naira, appreciated at the official market on Monday, trading at N1,607.15 to the US dollar.
Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, a platform that oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), showed that the Naira gained N9.93.
This represents a 0.61 per cent gain when compared to the previous trading date on Aug. 2 when it exchanged at N1,617.08 to a dollar.
However, the total daily turnover reduced to 77.09 million dollars on Monday, down from 131.55 million dollars recorded on Aug. 2.
Meanwhile, at the Investor’s and Exporter’s (I&E) window, the Naira traded between N1,620.50 and N1,570.00 against the dollar. (NAN)
