Naira closes at N881/$ in official trading window

The Nigerian Naira on Tuesday depreciated 7.63 percent to close at N881.88 to a dollar at the close of business on Tuesday, data from the NAFEM where forex is officially traded, showed./ /

Nigerian NewsDirect also gathered that the naira traded N1157 to a dollar at the close of market in the parallel market./ /

This represents an N67.28 loss or a 7.63 percent decline in the local currency compared to the N814.60 it closed on Monday.

The intraday high recorded was N1159/$1, while the intraday low was N701/$1, representing a wide spread of N458/$1./ /

According to data obtained from the official NAFEM window, forex turnover at the close of the trading was $118.06 million, representing a 17.99 percent increase compared to the previous day.

Similarly, the naira weakened at the parallel forex market where forex is sold unofficially, the exchange rate depreciated by 0.17 percent, quoted at N1157/$1, while peer-to-peer traders quoted around N1160.18/$1.