The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sold $401 million on the interbank market at 198 to the naira last Friday to prop up the ailing naira currency, an FX market body comprising top tier banks said on Wednesday.
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Vice Chairman of the Financial Market Dealers Quotations (FMDQ) Jibril Aku also said the central bank would be filling orders on a daily basis before the markets open.
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