Brazil's central bank announces $1.5 bln spot auction
Adds background on FX interventions and real weakness in paragraphs 2-4
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, Aug 29 (Reuters) -Brazil's central bank announced on Thursday it will holda $1.5 billion spot market auctionon Friday morning, according to a statement.
The auction is set to take place from 9:30 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. local time.
The transaction will mark the second foreign exchange intervention by the central bank since President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office in January 2023.
The Brazilian real BRBY has depreciated significantly so far this year, down nearly 14% against the U.S. dollar, hit by external volatility driven by doubts over U.S. interest rates as well as fiscal concerns in Latin America's largest economy.
In April, Brazil's monetary authority held an extra auction of foreign exchange swap contracts worth $1 billion, seeking to ensure the regular market functioning given imminent maturities of sovereign bonds linked to the exchange rate.
Reporting by Marcela Ayres in Brasilia and Fabricio de Castro in Sao Paulo; Editing by David Alire Garcia
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