The fixed-income secondary market delivered a mixed performance over the week. T-bills attracted strong demand across several maturities, particularly observed at the 1-year (06-May-27, 17-Dec-26, and 23-Jul-26) bills, while pockets of selling interest emerged in select tenors, including the 25-Mar-27, 03-Dec-26, and 21-Jan-27 bills.
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The secondary market traded mixed but mildly bullish. Yields briefly rose toward 17.00% on sell pressures before easing to around 16.85%–16.95% on select FGN bonds, as demand improved. T-bills yields moderated toward the 15.80%–16.10% range after the bullish NTB auction outcome, while selective buying interest supported lower yields across key 2027–2035 bond maturities…
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The secondary market trading was range-bound but uneven. T-bills held around 16.47%–16.50% as selective buying (Jun-26, Nov-26, Feb-27) met profit-taking, keeping yields anchored. OMOs stayed elevated at ~19.80%–20.40%. FGN bond yields drifted up into the high-16s, led by selling in the 2031–2034 belly, while demand in 2027–2030 and the long end tempered the bearish move…
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Money market rates were relatively stable, with the Open Repo Rate (OPR) steady at 22.00%, while the Overnight rate (O/N) opened at 22.23%, peaked at 22.29% before closing at 22.20%. In the currency market, Naira traded between $/₦1,340.00 and $/₦1,361.50, before closing at $/₦1,358.44 on Friday.
The Nigerian financial markets traded through a week defined by resilient liquidity despite inflation-led repricing pressures and cautious risk-taking across asset classes. Interbank liquidity remained structurally strong, easing from a ₦4.79trn surplus to ₦3.84trn (-22.7% WTD), while money market rates stayed anchored with OPR steady at 22.00% and O/N oscillating around 22.16%–22.35%, reflecting sustained CBN liquidity sterilisation.
Even as the Naira strengthened and equities edged higher, the message across markets was consistent, thereby illustrating a cycle that is no longer a panic-driven cycle, but one cautious repositioning, and capital is not fleeing risk, but repricing it with precision.
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