Naira depreciates to N1,387/$ in parallel market

Naira depreciates to N1,387/$ in parallel market

The  Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,387 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,380 per dollar on Wednesday.

Similarly,  the naira depreciated to N1,372.75 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market,  NFEM. 

Data  from the Central Bank of Nigeria,  CBN, showed that the indicative exchange rate for the market rose to N1,372.75 per dollar from N1,372.5 per dollar on Wednesday,  reflecting 70 kobo  depreciation for the naira. 

Consequently, the margin between the parallel and official markets narrowed to N14.25 per dollar from N7.95 per dollar on Wednesday.

The turnover in the interbank foreign exchange market declined by 70.5 percent to  $116.04 million from $68.02 million the previous day.