Treasury Direct sales exceed redemptions by BRL 1.7 billion in April

Sales of Treasury Direct securities surpassed redemptions by R$1.792 billion in April this year. According to data released this Tuesday (23) by the National Treasury, securities sales reached R$3.798 billion, and redemptions totaled R$2.006 billion, all related to public bond repurchases. There were no redemptions due to maturity, when the term of the bond expires and the government needs to reimburse the investor with interest. The securities most sought after by investors were those corrected by the Selic, basic interest rate, which corresponded to 61% of the total. Inflation-linked securities accounted for 25.8% of sales, while fixed-rate securities, with interest defined at the time of issuance, accounted for 13.3%. The total Treasury Direct stock reached R$ 113.3 billion at the end of April, with an increase of 2.6% compared to the previous month (R$ 110.5 billion) and 27.3% in relation to April last year (R$ 89 billion). Investors As for the number of investors, 297,881 new participants registered in the program last month. The number of investors reached 24,022,028, up 30.6% over the last 12 months. The total number of active investors (with open operations) reached 2,177,265, an increase of 12.5% ​​in 12 months. In the month, there was an increase of 35,730 active investors. The demand for Treasury Direct by small investors can be observed by the considerable number of sales up to R$ 5 thousand, which corresponded to 81.2% of the total of 532,735 operations carried out in April. Investments of up to R$ 1,000 alone accounted for 58.5%. The average value per operation was R$ 7,131.01. Investors have preferred medium-term bonds. Sales of bonds with terms from one to five years represented 36.9% and those with terms from five to ten years, 45.1% of the total. Bonds with maturities of more than ten years accounted for 18.1% of sales. The complete balance sheet of the Direct Treasury is available on the National Treasury page on the internet. Source of funds Treasury Direct was created in January 2002 to popularize the application and allow individuals to purchase public securities directly from the National Treasury, over the Internet, without the intermediation of financial agents. The investor only needs to pay a fee to the broker responsible for the custody of the securities. More information can be obtained on the site of the Direct Treasury. The sale of securities is one of the ways the government has to raise funds to pay debts and honor commitments. In exchange, the National Treasury undertakes to return the amount with an additional fee that may vary according to the Selic rate, inflation rates, the exchange rate or a rate defined in advance in the case of fixed-rate securities.

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