2024-08-07 | FMD/DUTCHAUCTIONThe Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) conducted a Retail Dutch Auction to sell foreign exchange to end users, receiving a total of $1.18 billion in bids from 32 authorized dealer banks. Bids worth $876.26 million from 26 banks were qualified, while bids worth $313.69 million from 6 banks were disqualified for reasons including late submission and non-compliance with the required template. The CBN approved a cut-off rate of N1495/US$ to boost FX liquidity and promote price discovery.