SAO PAULO: Brazil's central bank sold just $370.6 million in a second auction of reverse currency swaps on Friday as part of its efforts to curb currency gains following the announcement of a third round of US monetary stimulus by the Federal Reserve.
The bank sold 7,400 of the 70,000 contracts on offer, with 2,200 contracts maturing on Nov. 1 and 5,200 maturing on Dec. 1.
The bank sold $1.78 billion in reverse swaps in another offering earlier on Friday. The action is akin to a purchase of dollars by the central bank in futures markets.
Brazil's currency, the real, was trading 0.27 percent stronger at 2.0120 reais per US dollar shortly after the auction.
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