Brazil's central bank calls auction to buy dollars
SAO PAULO, June 18 (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank offered to buy U.S. dollars on the spot foreign exchange market on Thursday, seeking to soak up a flood of greenbacks flowing into the country.
Brazil's currency, the real (BRBY: Quote, Profile, Research), was trading 0.6 percent weaker at 1.974 per U.S. dollar shortly after the central bank's announcement.
The bank has bought dollars every session since May 8, making almost $4.1 billion in purchases in the past month in the spot market. (Reporting by Jose de Castro; Writing by Elzio Barreto; Editing by Jan Paschal )
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