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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday continued to maintain liquidity in the Forex market by injecting $195 million in the the Nigerian inter-bank foreign exchange market.
Figures released by the Bank reveal that the bank offered a total of $100 million to the wholesale segment, while the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) segment received $50 million. The invisibles segment, comprising tuition fees, medical payments and Basic Travel Allowance (BTA), among others, received $45 million.
The Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department of the CBN, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, confirming the development, said that the apex Bank would continue to increase liquidity, aimed at meeting genuine demand in the market to enhance forex stability.
It will be recalled that the Apex Bank last weekend intervened in the retail segment of the inter-bank market with the sum of $306.3 million.
Meanwhile, the naira, on Monday, October 16, exchanged at an average of N364/$1 in the Bureau de Change segment (BDCs) across major trading points in Lagos, Abuja, Port-Harcourt and Kano.
Source: Premium Times
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