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The average yield on Nigerian Treasury bills decreased as portfolio investors became more interested in naira assets in spite of negative interest rates and concerns about inflation. There was a surge in demand on the secondary market for bills with a maturity duration of 24 days and 171 days. Demand for long dated bills was relatively quiet.

Equities investors lost about N103 billion on Monday as Nigerian Exchange (NGX) opened the week negative. The local bourse halted last session’s winning streak as investors lost N102.55 billion, following sell-offs in Tier-one banking stocks and cautious trading.

Buying interest in Oando Plc, Nestle Nigeria, banking names, and other supporting stocks is pushing the market capitalisation of the Nigerian bourse upward. The latest rally in the stock market has been boosted by dividend payment expectations and overall positive expectations in the Lagos bourse.

Contrary to expectations that FX market intervention would help the exchange rate level around N1,000 per US dollar at the official window as predicted by Goldman Sachs, the naira disappointed, according to data from the FMDQ Securities Exchange for the official daily quote shows.