The naira on Tuesday remained calm throughout the overseas trade (FX) markets because the greenback gross sales surge by 94.46 p.c on the official market.
The naira closed flat, shedding 0.06 p.c because the greenback was quoted at N1,476.95 on Tuesday, in comparison with N1,476.12 quoted on Monday on the Nigerian Autonomous International Change Market (NAFEM), in keeping with the market abstract launched by the FMDQ Securities Change Restricted.
The dollar sales by prepared patrons and prepared sellers elevated considerably by 94.46 p.c to $236.99 million on Tuesday from $121.87 million recorded on Monday.
In accordance with the market abstract, the intraday excessive closed regular at N1,500 per greenback, whereas the intraday low depreciated to N1,362.15 on Tuesday as in opposition to N1,250/$1 closed on Monday.
The native foreign money steadied on the charge of between N1,480 and N1,500 on the parallel market also called black market.
