The Naira yesterday sustained its gains against the dollar as liquidity boost by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, had forced a crash in the price of the greenback.
As at today, the Naira exchanged at N460 to a dollar at the parallel market in Lagos, gaining 40 points from N500 it recorded on Thursday.
Pound Sterling and the Euro traded at N575 and N480 respectively.
At the Bureau De Change, BDC, window, the Naira closed at N399 to a dollar CBN controlled price, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro exchanged at N610 and N520 respectively.
Trading at the interbank window saw the Naira closed at N305.50 to a dollar.
Meanwhile, Aminu Gwadabe, the President, Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria, ABCON, said that currency speculators were expected to lose billions of Naira to the new forex policy.
The new CBN policy directing banks to sell forex for school fees, medicals and other allowances was already impacting positively at the market.
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