By Adedapo Adesanya
At the midweek session at the black market segment of the foreign exchange (forex) market in Nigeria, the performance of the Naira against the British Pound Sterling.
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At the close of business on Wednesday, 27 November, 2019, the local currency depreciated by N2 against the British currency at the parallel market to trade at N467/£1 compared with N465/£1 recorded on Tuesday.
However, at the same market window, the Nigerian Naira put up a better performance against the Euro, appreciating by N1 to exchange at N395/€1 after depreciating to N396/€1 at the previous session.
But the Naira/Dollar exchange rate remained static at the black market yesterday, selling at N360/$, the same amount it had been for a very long time at the segment.
At the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window created by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over two years ago, the Naira depreciated marginally by 0.01 percent or 3 Kobo to trade at N361.64/$1 compared with N361.61/$1 it traded at the previous session.
During the session, the total turnover recorded a decline of 37.9 percent or $66.87 million as traders carried out transactions valued at $109.41 million at the window versus $176.28 million on Tuesday.
At the interbank segment of the market, the Naira/USD exchange rate saw no difference at the midweek trading, remaining at N307/$1 after it depreciated on Tuesday from N306.95/$.
Dipo Olowookere