The Nigerian inter-bank foreign exchange market received another boost of $210 million from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) following the conclusion of transactions on Tuesday.
CBN’s Director Corporate Communications Mr. Isaac Okorafor, disclosed this on Wednesday, adding that authorized dealers in the wholesale sector of the market received $100 million, while the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and the invisibles segments were allocated the sum of $55 million each.
Mr. Okorafor said the Bank’s management remained particularly pleased with the prevailing stability in the Nigerian foreign exchange market.
According to him, the Bank’s management, as noted by the Governor in his post-Monetary Policy Committee meeting briefing on Tuesday, welcomed the continued stability in the foreign exchange market and the steady accretion to country’s external reserves.
The spokesman said the CBN would therefore continue its intervention in the forex market to ensure liquidity, maintain stability and meet customers’ demand.
At the last Bank trading, the sum of $298.7 million and CNY39.6 million were injected into the Retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) and in the spot and short tenured forwards segments of the foreign exchange market.
Meanwhile, the Naira on Wednesday, exchange at an average ofN357/$1 in the BDC segment of the market.
