Brasília – Bond sales to individuals reached BRL 1.715 billion (USD 541 million) in December, the National Treasury reported this Tuesday (24). The amount sold via the Treasury Direct program is a record for a December and the fourth best result since in 2016. The sales record for a month, BRL 1.848 billion (USD 583 million) occurred in January of last year. <\/p>\n
Last month, there were 19,240 new registered users in the program, bringing the total number of active investors to 401,800. Year-over-year, the number of active users (those that actually have made investments) increased 71.8%.<\/p>\n
In December, the top selling bonds were the ones based on the Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA), the official inflation rate indicator. These bonds had 51.6% of the sales. In second came bonds based on the Selic (the benchmark interest rates), accounting for 28% of sales. In third came the fixed-rate bonds, with 20.4% of sales.<\/p>\n
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