April 30, 2024 06:40 GMT
4.125% Jul-29 gilt
GILT AUCTION PREVIEW
- The DMO will come to the market on Tuesday to launch the new 5-year 4.125% Jul-29 gilt via auction for GBP4.0bln.
- This will replace the 4.50% Jun-28 gilt as the on-the-run gilt in the 5-year area. With the exception of the March auction (which was smaller so that the DMO did not overshoot its FY23/24 funding target too much) auctions for the 4.50% Jun-28 gilt were for between GBP3.75-4.00bln with bid-to-covers ranging from 2.19-3.34x and tails from 0.4-2.1bp. The March auction had a smaller size of GBP3.00bln with a higher bid-to-cover of 3.48x and a tighter tail of 0.3bp.
- Tuesday’s auction may see a wider tail than that auction, particularly as the auction window closes at the same time Eurozone and Italian HICP are released which may increase some cross-market volatility around the end of the auction window.
- Note that the 4.125% Jul-29 gilt will be reopened twice more in the quarter with auctions on 22 May and 18 June.
- Timing: Results will be available shortly after the auction closes at 10:00BST with a further GBP1.0bln available to successful bidders through the PAOF.
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