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Naira hits N502/$1 at parallel market as forex speculations heightens
The local currency, which closed at N499 to a dollar on Thursday, lost N3 at midday trading Friday, according to data on abokiFX.com, a website that collates parallel rates in Lagos.
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It also depreciated against Pound and Euro, trading N710 and N608, respectively.
Recently, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had made efforts to ease naira against other foreign currencies and unify the country’s forex (FX) rates.
In 2017, it introduced the I&E window to improve foreign exchange market mechanisms, deepen market liquidity, and ensure prompt execution and settlement of all FX transactions.
After its meeting on Tuesday, members of the Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) declared ‘Operation No Street Trading” to stop the hawking of foreign exchange.
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