FMDQ Nigeria FX Market Weekly Report.
Please see below commentary on the Foreign Exchange (FX) market with data for the week-ended October 15, 2021. The table following the commentary compares weekly turnover for trades between banks (FMDQ Dealing Member (Banks) [DMBs]/Authorised Dealers) and their clients for the weeks-ended October 8 & 15, 2021.
In the FX Spot and Derivatives markets, the total turnover for the week-ended October 15, 2021, was $1,569.08 million,representing an increase of 57.47% ($572.63 million) from $996.44 million reported for the week-ended October 8, 2021. The week-on-week (WoW) increase in total turnover was driven by the 10.60% ($71.81 million) and 157.07% ($500.83 million) increases in FX Spot and FX Derivatives turnover, respectively. (See Table 1 below)
The WoW increase in FX Derivatives turnover was driven by the 1,597.65% ($381.21 million) increase in FX Futures turnover
In the FX Spot market, the total value of transactions forthe week-ended October 15, 2021, was $749.39 million, representing an increase of 10.60% ($71.81 million) from the value of transactions executedin the week-ended October 8, 2021 ($677.59 million)
Table 1: Weekly FX Turnover Analysis
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Week-ended October 15, 2021 |
Week-ended October 8, 2021 |
WoW % Change |
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Weekly |
Daily Average |
% Share |
Weekly |
Daily Average |
% Share |
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($’million) |
($’million) |
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FX Spot |
749.39 |
149.88 |
47.76 |
677.59 |
135.52 |
68.00 |
10.60 |
Forwards |
414.62 |
82.92 |
26.42 |
295.00 |
59.00 |
29.61 |
40.55 |
Futures |
405.06 |
81.01 |
25.82 |
23.86 |
4.77 |
2.39 |
1,597.65 |
FX Derivatives |
819.68 |
163.94 |
52.24 |
318.86 |
63.77 |
32.00 |
157.07 |
Total |
1,569.08 |
313.82 |
100.00 |
996.44 |
199.29 |
100.00 |
57.47 |
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For the week-ended October 15, 2021, the average Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Fixing (NAFEX) was $/₦413.40, compared to $/₦412.98 recorded in the previous week-ended October 8, 2021, representing a depreciation of the Naira against the United States (US) Dollar by 0.10% ($/₦0.42). (See Table 2 below)
Table 2: Weekly FX Rate Analysis
2021 |
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Oct. 11 |
Oct. 12 |
Oct. 13 |
Oct. 14 |
Oct. 15 |
Weekly Average Oct. 15 |
Weekly Average Oct. 8 |
WoW % Change |
NAFEX ($/₦) |
413.27 |
413.62 |
413.24 |
413.48 |
413.37 |
413.40 |
412.98 |
(0.10) |
§ In the FX Futures market, $405.06 million worth of FX Futures contracts were traded in six (6) deals, representing a WoW increase of 2,626.46% ($390.21 million) when compared to $14.86 million FX Futures contracts traded in three (3) deals recorded in the week-ended October 8, 2021