Friday, May 4, 2007

Brazil Real Weaker as Investors Await Central Bank Efforts to Limit Gains

(Bloomberg) -- Brazil's real traded lower as investors speculated the central bank may aggressively act for a second day to slow the currency's gains.

The central bank yesterday sold all 63,050 reverse currency swap contracts offered at auction, compared with 12,700 contracts usually sold in recent weeks. The bank also bought U.S. dollars in the spot market.


Read more at Bloomberg Currencies News

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