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Management of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) has refuted allegations that it engaged in illegal foreign exchange deals, warning those peddling the allegation of economic sabotage against the company to desist from such underhand practices.

Equities market capitalisation of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) jumped to about N38.6 trillion on Friday due to renewed interest in growth, and value stocks listed in the bourse.

The Nigerian naira is clawing back losses from the alternative FX market, according to data obtained from Binance and other P2P platforms. Today, pressures in the open market have also eased.

The price of Bitcoin shed 3% over the past 24 hours, now trading below $34,400 from about $36,000, its highest level since May 2022.  It has since rallied 70% to $34,300.  Due to improved sentiment, the most expensive crypto asset has rallied some 30% in weeks.

Prices of crude oil increased as the US dollar weakened after the Fed’s decision to keep rates. Brent crude is up 0.6% at $87.34 a barrel while West Texas Intermediate is 0.7% higher at $83.07 a barrel.