Naira stays flat at official market as international change liquidity rises significantly by 134%
Friday, twenty second October 2021: The alternate cost between the naira and the US dollar closed at N415.07/$1 on the Merchants and Exporters window, the place international change is traded formally. Naira remained regular on Friday in direction of the US dollar to close at N415.07/$1. This was the equivalent cost that was recorded on Thursday, twenty first October 2021.
Moreover, naira appreciated in direction of the US dollar on Friday to close at N574/$1, representing a 0.17% obtain when compared with the N575/$1 that was recorded as of the shut of shopping for and promoting actions on Thursday, twenty first October 2021. That’s primarily based on knowledge obtained by Nairametrics from BDC operators in Lagos.
The native foreign exchange remained flat on the official market as dollar present rose significantly by 134%. Within the meantime, the Worldwide Monetary Fund (IMF) has attributed the decline in diaspora remittances into Nigeria to the uncertainty inside the nation’s worldwide alternate market. Nigeria’s worldwide reserve closed at $40.76 billion on Wednesday, twentieth October 2021, representing a $377.04 million enhance inside the reserve place. The nation’s worldwide reserve elevated by 0.93% on Wednesday from $40.39 billion recorded as of yesterday.
Shopping for and promoting on the official NAFEX window
The alternate cost remained regular in direction of the US dollar on Friday, twenty second October 2021 to close the day at N415.07 to a dollar, representing the equivalent cost when compared with N415.07/$1 recorded on Thursday, twenty first October 2021.
The opening indicative cost closed at N414.10/$1 on Friday, representing a 16 kobo drop when compared with N413.94/$1 recorded inside the earlier shopping for and promoting day.
An alternate cost of N429 to a dollar was the easiest cost recorded all through intra-day shopping for and promoting sooner than it settled at N415.07/$1, whereas it provided for as little as N404/$1 all through intra-day shopping for and promoting.
Within the meantime, international change turnover on the official window rose by 133.6% on Friday, twenty second October 2021.
In accordance with info tracked by Nairametrics from FMDQ, international change turnover on the I&E window elevated from $103.16 million recorded on Thursday to $240.97 million on Friday twenty second October 2021.
Cryptocurrency watch
The world’s largest and hottest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, closed shopping for and promoting actions on a bullish phrase on Sunday evening as a result of it went up by 0.80% to commerce at $61,582 amidst price fluctuation.
Throughout the week that merely ended, the entire crypto market capitalization fell to a Monday low of $2.386 trillion sooner than rising to a Thursday extreme $2.741 trillion. All the market capitalization on Sunday stood at $2.578 trillion.
Bitcoin’s dominance rose to a Wednesday extreme of 47.72% sooner than falling to a Saturday low of 44.75%. On the time of writing, Bitcoin’s dominance stood at 44.80%.
Within the meantime, as China continues its crackdown on cryptocurrency, totally different nations are listening to the occasion.
The second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, Ethereum, was moreover up by 0.14% to commerce at $4,136.31 on Sunday evening. XRP was up by 0.43% to commerce at $1.10 on Sunday.
Crude oil price
The crude oil market was bullish on Sunday as most headline crude recorded will enhance with Brent crude going up by 0.14% later inside the evening to commerce at $85.65 per barrel after gaining earlier inside the day.
The American headline crude, the WTI sustained its improve for the ninth consecutive week, extending its profitable streak as market consideration turned to the U.S. storage hub for crude, which is at a three-year low.
Saudi Arabia had earlier warned that oil producers should not take the present rise in crude oil prices with no consideration on account of the coronavirus pandemic could nonetheless hit demand.
Within the meantime, Nigeria has thrown its weight behind Saudi Arabia’s effort for OPEC to resist stress from totally different stakeholders and some nations to increase its manufacturing output.
The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Crude was up by 0.42% to commerce at $84.11 per barrel whereas pure gasoline was up by 5.44% to commerce at $5.567. Equally, the OPEC Basket was up by 0.07% to commerce at $83.36 per barrel.
Moreover, Nigeria’s headline crude, Bonny Gentle was up by 1.60% to commerce at $84.37 per barrel.
Exterior reserve
Nigeria’s worldwide reserve gained $195 million on Thursday, twenty first October 2021 to close at $40.958 billion compared with $40.763 billion recorded as of yesterday. The latest improve represents a 0.48% improve inside the nation’s worldwide reserve place.
The nation’s worldwide reserve has gained $4.18 billion up to now in October, on the once more of the $4 billion raised by the federal authorities from the issuance of Eurobond inside the worldwide debt market. The great factors recorded up to now inside the month is larger than the $2.76 billion obtain recorded inside the month of September 2021, whereas the present improve locations the year-to-date obtain at roughly $5.59 billion.