The naira on Wednesday returned to loss after gaining for two trading days at the official foreign exchange (FX) market, despite a marginal increase in dollar supply.
After trading on Wednesday, the naira depreciated by 11.72 as the dollar was quoted at the rate of N1,329.65, weaker than N1,173.88 quoted on Tuesday at the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange (NAFEM), data from the FMDQ Securities Exchange Limited, indicated.
Dollar supplied by willing buyers and willing sellers increased marginally by 2.50 percent to $336.54 million on Wednesday from $328.32 million recorded on Tuesday.
The summary of the FX market trading showed that the intraday high closed unchanged at N1,506 per dollar on Wednesday. The intraday low strengthened to N1,010/$1 on Wednesday as against N1,150 per dollar closed on Tuesday.
At the parallel market, popularly called the black market, the naira appreciated by 2.36 percent (N35/$1) as the dollar traded at N1,480 on Wednesday compared to N1,515 quoted on Tuesday.
