A fund manager, Mr. Stano Emmanuel, has claimed that the COVID-19 pandemic has attracted many players to forex trading.

Emmanuel stated this in an interview on Sunday with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin.

Emmanuel is the Chief Executive Officer of DCROCSTYLE Nigeria Limited, a fund management firm.

According to him, COVID-19 has expanded the base of players in the market while many economies were suffering.

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“Presently, we now have more players in the forex market than before.

“This is because so many businesses have really gone down.

“Everybody wants to go online, especially when there was a global lockdown.

“So many people want to get trained online to be able to access the financial markets. There are so many more players now than before,” he said.

‘Pandemic attracting more forex traders’