According to a statement from the BNA, the banking institution carried out, until the 26th of June, 107 transactions for the purchase of Treasury Bonds on Bodiva's trading platform, referring to securities acquired from 64 companies in the scope of economic relief measures, due to to covid-19.
The operations, carried out with 13 banks, were led by Banco Angolano de Investimentos (BAI) and Banco de Fomento Angola (BFA), with 14 and 12 companies respectively, representing the majority of operations with a total amount of 40.6 thousand million kwanzas.
Of the total 100 billion kwanzas approved under this liquidity line, which aims to provide treasury resources to companies, there are now 28.7 billion kwanzas.
The BNA also informs that in the week between 22 and 26 June, commercial banks resorted to the Standing Liquidity Provision Facility at Overnight maturity (FCO), with a daily average of 45.5 billion kwanzas.
The Standing Lending Facility is an operation whereby commercial operators turn to the central bank to obtain credit to finance their activities.
In the same period, in the interbank market, commercial banks carried out purchase and sale of foreign currency in the amount of US $ 46.6 million and carried out 63 lending and liquidity operations in national currency in the amount of 227.6 billion kwanzas, at an average interest rate of 15.50 percent per year.
