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Euro 2024: Netherlands overestimated self – Van Dijk

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 29 June 2024 0

Captain Virgil van Dijk says the Netherlands may have overestimated themselves going into Euro 2024. The Dutch only qualified for the last 16 as one of the best third-placed finishers after losing to Austria on Tuesday. “I can completely understand the criticism,” Van Dijk said.

Economy

Naira strengthens against dollar

Ihesiulo Grace 20 August 2020 0

Barely 24 hours after the naira was forced to a downward trajectory by dollar scarcity, it bounced back, closing at ₦477 to a dollar at the parallel market in Lagos. According to reports, the Pound Sterling and the Euro traded at ₦608 and ₦550, respectively. READ ALSO: Naira declines as external reserves shed $2.69 billion […]

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UEFA receives record 28.3 million ticket requests for Euro 2020

Ihesiulo Grace 14 February 2020 0

UEFA has received approximately 28.3 million requests for 2.5 million available tickets at the 2020 European Championship, European football’s governing body said on Friday. This is double the amount sought in the last edition of the event. READ ALSO: Rotterdam Open: Dan Evans beats Karen Khachanov to reach quarter-finals In the ticketing sales phase for […]

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Global stocks, pound rise on cautious Brexit deal hopes

Ihesiulo Grace 15 October 2019 0

Asian stocks and the pound gained on Tuesday as investors held out hope that Britain still had a chance of avoiding a messy exit from the European Union (Brexit) at key negotiations this week. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.1 per cent. Australian shares were up 0.17 per cent, while […]

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Forex: Naira gains marginally at official, parallel markets

Ihesiulo Grace 23 July 2019 0

…As traders eagerly awaiting outcome of MPC meeting today Motolani Oseni The Nigerian currency, Naira at the close of yesterday trading activities strengthened against the US Dollar at both the official and unofficial foreign exchange markets. This is even as activities at the market on Monday remained slow, due to the anticipation of the likely […]

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Naira stables against dollar across Forex segments

Ihesiulo Grace 10 May 2019

The Naira on Thursday remained stable across foreign exchange segments, including the parallel market, where it closed against the US Dollar at N359.3. The Pound Sterling and the Euro traded at N472 and N402, respectively. At the Bureau De Change (BDC) window, the naira was sold at N360 to the dollar, while the Pound Sterling […]

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Naira gains at official FX, loses against Euro at official FX

Ihesiulo Grace 13 March 2018 0

.As I&E window records $201.2m turnover The Naira, on Monday, 12 March, 2018, appreciated slightly against the US Dollar to close at N305.75 against N305.80 and N305.85 traded throughout last week at the official spot market, but remained stable at N362 at the parallel segment of the forex market, even though it dropped two point […]

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Naira gains at I&E, strengthened over pound, Euro at parallel market

Ihesiulo Grace 13 February 2018 0

The Naira, at the close of Monday trading activities gained over the US Dollar at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) FX window, and as well strengthened against the pound sterling and the Euro at the parallel segment of the foreign exchange market. This was not the case at the official Spot market, closing at N305.90 […]

Business

Euro slips as stocks drop in muted holiday trading

Ihesiulo Grace 26 December 2017 0

Thin trading was the biggest feature of global markets on Tuesday, with stocks in emerging nations turning lower and most major currencies lacking direction as many countries remained on holiday. The euro declined, gold rose, and U.S. Treasuries edged downward. Equities were shut across the large European markets, as well as in parts of Asia […]

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Naira gains over Pound, Euro at parallel market

Ihesiulo Grace 24 November 2017 0

The Naira, at the end of Thursday’s foreign exchange trading activities, appreciated slightly against the Pound Sterling and Euro at the closing rates of 475 compared to 476 exchanged on Wednesday and 425 against 426 sold per Euro on the same period at the parallel market. Although, the local currency, was seen unchanged at 364 […]

Money

Naira sheds points against major foreign currencies at parallel market

Ihesiulo Grace 29 August 2017 0

Remains weak at official FX market, NAFEX window The Nigerian currency, Naira, on Monday, shed slight points against the three major foreign currencies, Dollar, Pound and the Euro at the parallel segment of the foreign exchange market. The local currency, however, remained low at the official Forex market; and fell slightly at the Nigeria Autonomous […]