Miranda declined to answer analyst questions about the company's interest in acquiring Celg-D, the energy distribution firm that Italy's Enel SpA is trying to sell.

Binding offers were delivered last month, and the largest international players dropped out of the process.

(Reporting by Leticia Fucuchima; writing by Tatiana Bautzer; Editing by Marguerita Choy)

By Leticia Fucuchima