The naira on Tuesday depreciated at the official market, trading at ₦1,416.57 to the dollar.
Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, a platform that oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), showed that the naira lost ₦62.36.
This represents a 4.60% loss when compared to the previous trading date on Monday when it exchanged at ₦1,354.21 to a dollar.
However, the total daily turnover increased to 160.77 on Tuesday, up from $84.83 million recorded on Monday.
Meanwhile, at the Investor’s and Exporter’s (I&E) window, the naira traded between 1,445 and ₦1,301 against the dollar.