The Bank of Portugal published updated securities statistics for February 2025, showing that the outstanding stock of debt securities issued by resident entities rose and listed shares recorded their largest monthly valuation increase since April 2024. At end-February 2025, the total value of resident-issued debt securities stood at EUR 307.6bn, EUR 5.0bn higher than a month earlier. The change was mainly driven by net issuance exceeding redemptions for general government (EUR 2.3bn) and the financial sector (EUR 1.2bn), alongside a EUR 0.8bn valuation increase in public debt securities. General government accounted for EUR 183.2bn, or 60% of the total, and year-to-date net issuance reached EUR 5.5bn by end-February. The release also reported 81 outstanding ESG debt securities with a market value of EUR 14.2bn (4.6% of the total debt securities stock) and scheduled debt redemptions of EUR 44.7bn over the following 12 months (14.5% of the outstanding stock), including EUR 9.8bn in March split across general government (EUR 2.5bn), the financial sector (EUR 2.3bn) and non-financial corporations (EUR 4.9bn, mainly commercial paper). Listed shares issued by resident entities totalled EUR 62.9bn at end-February, up EUR 2.5bn month on month, reflecting increases in non-financial corporations (EUR 2.1bn) and the financial sector (EUR 0.5bn). The next update is scheduled for 17 April 2025.

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