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Naira appreciates at official market
Data from FMDQ securities where Naira is officially traded showed that the Naira appreciated at the Investors and Exporters window to close at N436 to a dollar.
Monday rate signifies a 0.08 per cent appreciation compared to the N436.33 for which the dollar was exchanged on September 23, last week.
The data also showed that participants in the market exchanged a total of $78.10 million at the official Investors and Exporters window on Monday.
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At the black market, the Naira also recorded a significant gain to exchange at N722 to a dollar compared to N730 during the weekend
However, there is no sign that the rising demand for dollars for Business Travel Allowance, Personal Travel Allowance, and school fees by the end-users will go away anytime soon.
These concerns will form a critical part of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting today in Abuja.
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