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Nigeria's central bank selling dollars in forex market -traders

A trader changes dollars with naira at a currency exchange store in Lagos, Nigeria in this February 12, 2015 file photo. Nigeria’s central bank is expected to make an interest rate decision this week. REUTERS/Joe Penney/Files (Reuters)

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's central bank sold dollars in the forex market on Monday, four hours after the market opened with no trades, traders said. The naira rate was 308 to the dollar, its closing level in the previous session, by 1245 GMT. (Reporting by Chijioke Ohuocha and Oludare Mayowa; Editing by Louise Ireland)