JUST IN: Naira continues recovery at official window, trades at ₦1,534.19/$1, slumps to N1,610 in black market

The naira continued its recovery on the first trading day of the week on March 4, 2024 to trade at N1,534.19/$1 data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM (Official Window), has shown.<<<READ FULL ARTICLE>>>

This represents an appreciation of N14.06 in the local currency when compared to the N1,548.25/$1 it traded the previous day on Friday, March 1, 2024.

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The spread between the intraday high and low at the official window also continued to narrow as the intraday high recorded was N1,600.75/$1, while the intraday low was N1,425.35/$1, representing a lean spread of N175.40/$1.

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However, the naira slumped against the dollar at the parallel market slumping to N1,610/$1 as against the N1,600 /$1 it traded the previous day representing a loss of N10 as the difference between the official and parallel windows continued its convergence.

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The naira also reversed its recent gain against the British Pound to trade at N2,050/£1 as against the previous trading day’s price of N1,900/£1. This represents a loss of N150.

The naira closed flat against the Canadian dollar to trade at N1,150/CA$1, same as the previous trading day’s rate.

The Euro also closed flat against the naira to trade at ₦1,750/€1 same as the previous closing price.<<<READ FULL ARTICLE>>>