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. “Things overall can and should be better. Maybe we overestimate […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
…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 […]
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 […]
.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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]