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South African Rand (ZAR) weakened against trading pairs in the forex market on Thursday as global commodity prices fell amid a stronger US dollar.
The naira depreciated strongly against the US dollar in the Nigerian foreign exchange market (NFEM) on Wednesday as pressure on the local currency deepened.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) repriced the 364-day Treasury bill rate at the midweek auction to 15.89%, with total subscriptions exceeding N1 trillion.
Nigeria’s sovereign Eurobonds faced selling pressure in the international market as foreign portfolio investors continue to pile into US Treasuries amid elevated yields.
The average yield on Nigerian Treasury bills increased as investors trimmed positions in the secondary market amid sustained deceleration in inflation.
Money market funding rates eased ahead of anticipated inflows of more than N2 trillion from NGOMOB, a financial market ticker prefix used for Open Market Operations (OMO) zero-coupon bills and short-term securities issued by the Central Bank.
The Debt Management Office (DMO) reduced rates on Nigerian Government bonds as the subscription level surpassed the offer size, according to details from auction results obtained.
Nigeria’s Debt Management Office (DMO) is set to offer N1.10 trillion worth of FGN bond maturities at the primary market auction on Monday.
The average yield on Nigerian government treasury bills increased as fixed-income market investors rebalanced their portfolios ahead of the inflation rate announcement.