‘No More N1,114/$’ - Naira falls again against dollar across all foreign exchange market

Nigerian currency, the naira depreciated further in the official and unofficial foreign exchange markets.

In the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) which is the official market, the naira depreciated by 6.9 per cent or N54.81 against the dollar to close at N850.22/$1, in contrast to Monday’s exchange rate of N795.41/$1.

The depreciation happened despite an improvement in the supply of FX into the market on Tuesday, November 14, 2023.

According to data from the FMDQ Securities Exchange the value of forex transactions increased on Tuesday by 16.3 per cent or $20.3 million to $143.55 million from the $123.25 million transacted on Monday.

Naira to dollar at the black market

It was the same story in the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) window as the naira lost N9 against the dollar during the trading day to sell for N1,114/$1 versus the previous day’s rate of N1,105/$1.

Also the Naira in the black market section of the forex market on Tuesday dropped further in value to close at N1,150/$1 compared with the preceding session’s value of N1,140/$1.

Naira exchange rate against Euro

There was good news for the naira against the British Pound Sterling, and the Euro at the NAFEM official market.

Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria revealed that Naira gained N149.66 against the Pound Sterling yesterday to finish at N1,035.77/£1 versus the previous day’s N1,185.43/£1 and against the Euro, it appreciated by N131.05 to quote at N903.13/€1 compared with the Monday’s N1.034.18/€1.