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Naira depreciates 0.3% against dollar at official market

The naira, on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, slightly depreciated at the official market, trading at N1,421.06 to the dollar.

Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, a platform that oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), showed that the naira lost N4.49.

This represents a 0.31 per cent loss when compared to the previous trading date on Tuesday when it exchanged at N1,416.57 to a dollar.

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However, the total daily turnover increased to N164.74 on Wednesday, up from $160.77 million recorded on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window, the naira traded between N1,440 and N1,335 against the dollar.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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