PEOPLES GAZETTE
The naira on Tuesday closed the month of April on a good footing as it gained N28.15 at the official market, trading at N1,390.96 to the dollar.
Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, a platform that oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market indicated that the gain represented a 1.98 per cent appreciation for naira.
The percentage increase is significant compared to the previous trading date on Monday, April 29.
The local currency for about two weeks recorded a steady fall by exchanging at N1,419 to a dollar.
The success story was replicated in the volume of currency traded, as the total daily turnover increased.
The daily turnover stood at $225.36 million on Tuesday up from $147.83 million recorded on Monday.
Meanwhile, at the Investor’s and Exporter’s window, the naira traded between N1,450 and N1,200 against the dollar.
(NAN)
