The United States Dollar was sold at N663.04/$1 at the close of trading in the official market on Friday, as the Naira recovered by 5.57%.
Authorised dealers saw the price of the dollar drop by N39.15 kobo at the end of trading, from the N702.19/$1 the USD was sold the previous session.
Before the dollar rate closed on Friday, within trading hours, the highest the American currency was hawked was N791/$1 and the lowest was N461/$1, FMDQ Exchange data showed.
At the end of the day, the amount of foreign exchange transacted by buyers and sellers in the official market was $311.83 million, the highest this year.
That represented a significant increase of $241.09 million or 340.8% compared to the $70.74 million forex investors and exporters traded the day before.
In the black market, the dollar slightly gained against the Naira, trading at an average rate of N757.4/$1, against the N756.2/$1 both currencies traded on Thursday.
This is according to Naira Rates, a black market aggregator, which also reported that the naira to pound exchange rate was N983.8/£1, up from N971.4/£1.
Also, the European currency, the euro, appreciated against the Nigerian currency, trading at N841.8//€1, above the N831.2/€1 the foreign currency was sold the previous day.