Brazil's public debt up 0.07% in January

BRASILIA, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Brazil's public debt edged up in January, as interest costs more than offset the downward pressure from net redemptions during the month, Treasury data showed on Wednesday.

The debt stock rose 0.07% from December to 8.641 trillion reais ($1.68 trillion).

Net debt redemptions totaled 68.8 billion reais, while interest payments reached 74.8 billion reais.

The average cost of domestic public debt issuance, measured on a rolling 12-month basis, eased to 13.76% from 13.81% in December.

In Brazil, domestic public debt denominated in reais accounts for 96.4% of the total outstanding stock.

($1 = 5.1332 reais)