The value of debt securities issued by resident entities stood at 320.5 billion euros at the end of July, an increase of 2 billion euros from the previous month, the Bank of Portugal (BdP) announced.
The central bank noted that this change was primarily driven by debt security issuances from the financial sector and public administrations, which exceeded redemptions by 2.3 billion euros and 1.5 billion euros respectively, while redemptions in the non-financial corporate sector surpassed issuances by 1.1 billion euros.
This also resulted from the devaluation of public administration debt securities, which amounted to 934 million euros.
Regarding public administration debt, the total value of issued debt securities was 191.9 billion euros at the end of July, with net issuances over the year totaling 16.2 billion euros, 1.5 billion euros more than the same period in 2024.
At the end of June, outstanding ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) debt securities issued by resident entities totaled 13.7 billion euros, accounting for 4.3% of the total stock of debt securities issued by residents, which was 723 million euros less than the previous month.
According to the BdP, this reduction was due to redemptions exceeding issuances by 775 million euros.
As for the stock of listed shares issued by resident entities, it reached 70.7 billion euros at the end of July, an increase of 2.3 billion euros from the previous month.
The BdP attributes this rise to the appreciation of shares in non-financial companies and the financial sector, valued at 1.4 billion euros and 922 million euros respectively.
