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GILT AUCTION PREVIEW
GILT AUCTION PREVIEW: #2: GBP1.50bln of the 1.75% Jul-57 gilt will also be on
offer on Wednesday.
- This is the second time the gilt has been sold so far in this fiscal year with
the last auction on 8 April for GBP1.25bln which saw a healthy bid-to-cover
ratio of 3.13x and a tight tail of 0.2bp. In addition, the full 25% extra
allocation was taken up in the PAOF. Since then, we have seen two auctions of
the 1.75% Jan-49 gilt and two auctions of the 1.625% Oct-54 gilt, all of which
have had bid-to-cover ratios in the 2.3-2.6x area with tight tails of 0.1-0.2bp.
Furthermore, last week saw the syndication launch of the 0.50% Oct-1 gilt with
orderbooks of GBP53.1bln and a size of GBP7.0bln issued. Demand is clearly still
strong for 30+ year gilts so we expect another successful auction.
RESULTS: Auction results will be released shortly after the auction closes at
11:30BST with a further GBP375mln nominal available through the PAOF to
successful bidders.

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