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FX market records highest ever bid as naira falls - BUSINESSDAY

MAY 30, 2023

BY  Hope Moses-Ashike


Nigeria’s foreign exchange (FX) market on Friday recorded the highest ever bid of N632 per dollar following strong demand by currency dealers at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) forex window.

Consequently, naira weakened by 0.18 percent as the dollar was quoted at N464.51 on Friday as against the last close of N463.67 on Thursday at the official market, data from the FMDQ indicated.

At the parallel market, also known as the black market, naira depreciated by N1 as the dollar traded at N766 on Monday from N765 on Friday.

Last week, the foreign exchange market turnover, which reflects the activity level in the I&E Window declined 9.3 percent w/w to $649.1bn from $716.0bn in the previous month.

Nigeria’s foreign reserves, which gives the Central Bank of Nigeria the muscle to defend the naira, marginally fell by 4bps or $14.3 million w/w to $35.2 billion as of May 23, 2023.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has in his inaugural speech on Monday signaled a single exchange rate.

Muda Yusuf, chief executive officer of the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise, welcomes the decision of the new President to put in place a unified exchange rate regime.

He said it should be clarified that this is not a devaluation proposition, rather it is a pricing mechanism that reflects the demand and supply fundamentals in the foreign exchange market which allows for rate adjustments as and when necessary.

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