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RIO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-controlled development bank BNDES raised 8.1 billion reais ($1.53 billion) by selling 135 million shares in miner Vale SA VALE3.SA in an auction on Tuesday morning, a source familiar with the matter said.
After this sale, BNDES has reduced its stake in the company to 3.7% from 6.3%, the source added.
The move by BNDES comes as the state-controlled lender has been divesting shares in companies recently as part of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's strategy to reduce government stakes in companies.
Last week, BNDES agreed to sell its stake in power company AES Tiete Energia SATIET11.SAto the firm's controlling shareholder AES CorpAES.N.
Shares in Vale were down 0.3% in afternoon trading at 60.09 reais.
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