BREAKING: Naira Falls To All Time Low At P2P Parallel Market, See New Exchange Rate

Naira has fallen to all time low at P2P parallel market.

Newsone reports that Nigerian official currency, Naira has fallen to a record low at the peer-to-peer (P2P) parallel market to trade for as high as N581.1 to a dollar.

Observations by Newsone Nigeria analysts on P2P exchange applications, shows that at N581.4/$1, it represents a 0.8% decline compared to N576.6/$1 recorded as of the end of the previous week, hitting a record low. Meanwhile, exchange rate at the black market currently trades flat at $571/$ same as recorded in the previous trading session.

This online news platform understands that a look at the official Investors and Exporters window on the other hand, shows that naira closed at N416.33/$1 on Monday, 17th January 2022, representing a marginal appreciation compared to N416.5/$1 recorded on Friday, last week.

In a previous week, a sum of $631.89 million exchanged hands at the official forex market, which is higher than the $442.59 million recorded in the previous week.

CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele.

Meanwhile, Nigeria’s foreign reserve lost $62.59 million on Monday, 17th January 2022, representing a 0.15% decline to stand at $40.42 billion, increasing the year-to-date loss to $104.27 million.

Naira Falls To All Time Low At P2P Parallel Market, See New Exchange Rate

What you should know about P2P market

P2P forex market, a short form for peer-to-peer, which basically means you are transacting in foreign currencies directly with a dealer from an online platform.

This process does not involve any middleman; hence you will bargain directly with the dealer, who might not be in Nigeria, you transfer Naira to them, and they send the dollar equivalent to you.

Newsone Nigeria understands that it is another form of the parallel market; however, the chances are that the rate could be slightly different from the BDCs (middlemen effect). It could be as a result of a barter too. Someone who needs naira could trade with another who needs dollars/pounds etc.