Nigeria, Feb. 1 -- Naira maintained stability against the United States dollar at the Investors and Exporters window on Tuesday, amidst poor circulation of the newly designed naira notes in the country.

According to data published on FMDQ website, where forex is officially traded, the local unit closed the day's market at N461.50 per $1 on Tuesday, the same rate it was exchanged for in the previous session on Monday.

Within this period, the domestic currency rate soared to an intra-day high of N446.00 and stooped to a low of N462.00 per dollar before settling at N461.50 at the close of business.

The official window opened at N461.50 and closed at the same rate but had $85.04 million posted as foreign exchange turnover recorded within t...