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Naira depreciates further in parallel market, falls to N1,660/$ - VANGUARD
By Elizabeth Adegbesan
The Naira continued its downward trend on Friday, depreciating to N1,660 per dollar in the parallel market.
This represents a slight decline from the N1,655 per dollar traded on Thursday.
In a similar vein, the Naira depreciated to N1,546.41 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) on Friday. According to data from FMDQ, the indicative exchange rate for NAFEM fell from N1,649.76 per dollar on Thursday, indicating a marginal appreciation of N103.35 for the Naira.
However, the gap between the parallel market and NAFEM rates widened significantly, increasing to N113.59 per dollar from N5.24 per dollar the previous day. This growing disparity highlights the ongoing instability in the foreign exchange market.
