Friday, fifteenth October 2021: The trade charge between the naira and the US greenback closed at N415.07/$1, on the Buyers and Exporters window, the place foreign exchange is traded formally.
Naira appreciated considerably in opposition to the US greenback on Friday, after enduring an enormous fall to N422.07/$1 on Thursday, 14th October 2021. The trade charge gained 1.66% to shut the week at N415.07/$1.
Then again, the trade charge on the parallel market fell on Thursday to shut at N573.5/$1 in comparison with N572/$1 recorded in the day past, representing a depreciation of 0.09%. That is in response to data obtained by Nairametrics from BDC operators in Lagos.
In the meantime, Nigeria’s overseas reserve recorded a lift of $200.21 million on Thursday, 14th October 2021 to shut at $39.62 billion in comparison with $39.42 billion recorded as of the day past. Nigeria’s present reserve degree represents the best since December 2019.
Buying and selling on the official NAFEX window
The trade charge appreciated in opposition to the US greenback on Friday, fifteenth October 2021 to shut the day at N415.07 to a greenback, representing a 1.66% acquire in comparison with N422.07/$1 recorded on Thursday, 14th October 2021.
The opening indicative charge closed at N415.09/$1 on Friday, representing a N1.59 kobo fall in comparison with N414.5/$1 recorded within the earlier buying and selling day.
An trade charge of N435.3 to a greenback was the best charge recorded throughout intra-day buying and selling earlier than it settled at N415.07/$1, whereas it bought for as little as N404/$1 throughout intra-day buying and selling, the identical as recorded within the earlier buying and selling day.
In the meantime, foreign exchange turnover on the official window surged by 165.8% on Friday, fifteenth October 2021.
In keeping with information tracked by Nairametrics from FMDQ, foreign exchange turnover rose from $141.94 million recorded on Thursday to $377.28 million on Friday fifteenth October 2021.
Cryptocurrency watch
The cryptocurrency market continued its bullish pattern on Monday because the market gained $16.3 billion as of 6:30 am, representing a 0.63% improve to face at $2.51 trillion. The optimistic efficiency of the market was pushed by the 1.28% acquire recorded within the flagship asset.
Bitcoin gained 1.3% to commerce at $62,286.81 on Monday, whereas Ethereum recorded a 0.52% acquire to commerce at $3,865.32. Nonetheless, XRP declined by 0.15% to commerce at $1.09166 as of the time of writing this text.
In the meantime, the US regulators, SEC are reportedly set to permit the primary US Bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund to start out buying and selling. That is in response to a report obtained from Aljazeera.
Nairametrics additionally reported that Twitter boss, Jack Dorsey, who can also be the CEO of Sq., an American monetary know-how service supplier introduced that Sq. will quickly start investigating technical necessities for constructing an open-source Bitcoin (BTC) mining system.
Crude oil value
The crude oil market began the week on a optimistic, surpassing $85 per barrel within the early hours of Monday, 18th October 2021. Brent Crude gained 1.06% to commerce at $85.76 per barrel on Monday morning as at 6:32 am
In the identical vein, West Texas Intermediate, gained 1.47% to commerce at $83.47 per barrel, whereas the OPEC Basket recorded a acquire of 0.87% to commerce at $82.5 per barrel. Bonny Gentle additionally gained 1.17% to commerce at $84.34 per barrel on Monday morning.
The opposite Nigerian crude, Brass River and Qua Iboe additionally gained 1.06% every to commerce at $84.28 per barrel as on the time of writing this text.
Exterior reserve
Nigeria’s overseas reserve gained $200.21 million on Thursday, 14th October 2021 to shut at $39.62 billion in comparison with $39.42 billion recorded as of the day past. The newest improve represents a 0.51% improve within the nation’s overseas reserve.
The nation’s overseas reserve has gained $2.84 billion thus far within the month of October, greater than the $2.76 billion acquire recorded in September 2021, whereas the current acquire places the year-to-date acquire at $4.25 billion.
The current improve within the reserve place, which has continued for the reason that twenty fifth of August is consistent with a current report suggesting that Nigeria’s overseas reserve place might develop as excessive as $40 billion by the top of September 2021.
It’s value noting that the reserve is closing in on hitting the $40 billion mark, with the $4 billion raised by the federal authorities by means of Eurobond sourced from the worldwide debt market.
