Naira drops to N1,525/$ at parallel market

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The Naira on Monday, depreciated to N1,525 to the dollar at the parallel market, down from N1,520 per dollar at the weekend. 

The local currency, however, appreciated to N1,339.33 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM)

Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for NAFEM fell to N1,339.33 per dollar from N1,482.81 per dollar last weekend, indicating N143.48 appreciation for the naira.

Consequently, the margin between the parallel market and NAFEM rates widened to N185.67 per dollar from N37.19 per dollar last week Friday.

 

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