The foreign exchange (FX) market recorded a 12.02 percent dollar supply, resulting in a stronger Nigerian naira at the official market on Monday.

After trading on Monday, Naira gained 5.26 percent as the dollar was quoted at N750.14 as against N791.75 quoted on Friday at the Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), data from the FMDQ showed.

Dollar supply from the willing buyers and willing sellers increased on Monday.

Consequently, the daily FX market turnover rose by 12.02 percent to $176.75 million on Monday from $157.78 million recorded on Friday.

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At the parallel market popularly called black market, naira fell to N1,140 per dollar on Monday following increased demand for the greenback by the end users.

This represents 0.44 percent weaker than N1,135 per dollar exchanged on Friday on the same market. Some traders at CMS sold dollars at N1,100 during the morning trading session. At Ibadan, one dollar was sold for N1,150 and at the Lagos Airport it went for N1,145/$1.

Naira free falls peaked at N1,310 per dollar on October 24, 2023 before strengthening to N1.020/$1 on November 3, 2023, according to data compiled by BusinessDay.

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Hope Moses-Ashike is an Associate Editor, Banking and Finance, with more than a decade of experience reporting on Nigeria’s financial system and broader economy. She closely tracks market movements, monetary policy decisions, company disclosures, regulatory actions, economic indicators, and global developments, and interprets what they mean for businesses, investors, policymakers, and households. Her reporting helps readers understand complex issues such as inflation trends, foreign exchange market dynamics, interest rate decisions, bank performance, and investment risks. She also covers major international events and periodically travels to Washington, D.C., to report on the World Bank/IMF Spring and Annual Meetings. Her dedication to financial journalism has earned her multiple recognitions and invitations to high-level professional development programmes. She is an alumna of the International Visitors Leadership Programme (IVLP) in the United States and holds an Advanced Financial Journalism Certificate from the Press Association Training in London, UK. Her other notable achievements include completing the Lagos Business School CMC Programme, the Bloomberg Media Africa Initiative Programme, and a Master Class in Journalism at Rhodes University in South Africa.

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