NAIRA HITS ALL TIME LOW OF N318 TO A DOLLAR



The naira yesterday hit a new all-time low of N365.25 to the dollar at the interbank foreign exchange market in a single interbank market trade of $1 million, before the naira finally stabilsed at N318.00 to the dollar. This is as the Debt Management Office raised N219.58 billion in local bonds with higher yields.

The local currency plunged to a record low and forwards rose, suggesting traders expect further depreciation, as the country struggled amid a dearth of dollars. The naira fell 5.9 per cent before paring losses to N330.63 to the greenback.

Three-month non-deliverable forward contracts soared by 4.6 per cent to N366 versus the greenback, heading for a record close. Contracts maturing in a year climbed 2.7 percent to N400. 

A total of $13 million had been traded during the day.

Nigeria’s currency has slumped 37 per cent since the central bank ended a 16-month peg of N197-N199 per dollar on June 20. The capital controls needed to defend the fix sent foreign investors fleeing and took the country to the brink of recession.

Meanwhile, the debt office said it sold N40 billion of 2021 paper at 15.08 percent at Wednesday’s auction, compared with 14.50 percent at the previous auction last month. It also sold N30 billion of 2026 debt at 15.28 percent, against 14.90 percent, and N40 billion of the 2036 debt at 15.53 percent against 14.98 percent.

The debt office sold N109.29 billion more than the initially advertised amount of N40 billion for the 2021 paper at the auction. Total subscription at the auction stood at N210.29 billion, lower than the N231.76 billion demanded at the last sale.

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Chris Kehinde Nwandu is the Editor In Chief of CKNNEWS || He is a Law graduate and an Alumnus of Lagos State University, Lead City University Ibadan and Nigerian Institute Of Journalism || With over 2 decades practice in Journalism, PR and Advertising, he is a member of several Professional bodies within and outside Nigeria || Member: Institute Of Chartered Arbitrators ( UK ) || Member : Institute of Chartered Mediators And Conciliation || Member : Nigerian Institute Of Public Relations || Member : Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria || Fellow : Institute of Personality Development And Customer Relationship Management || Member and Chairman Board Of Trustees: Guild Of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria

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