Nigeria stock market deals fell 22 pct last month amid naira crisis
LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – The value of trading on Nigeria’s stock market dropped by 22.3 percent to 74.1 billion naira ($236 mln) in February from a month before, the stock exchange said on Tuesday, as foreign investors kept to the sidelines. Nigeria is battling a currency crisis brought on by low prices for oil, its main export, and now operates multiple currency regimes dominated by central bank intervention, making it difficult to price…
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