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GILT AUCTION PREVIEW: The Debt Management Office will tap the market for

Stg2.75bln on Tuesday. On offer is the 1.625% Oct-28 Gilt.

- BACKGROUND: The 1.625% Oct-28 Gilt is the 10-year benchmark, which was last

tapped on February 14 with Stg.2.25bln allotted at an average yield of 1.16% and

bid-to-cover ratio of 2.06x.

- RV/BACKGROUND: The gilt curve has flattened since October as concerns about

global economic growth have been compounded by UK-specific Brexit uncertainty.

It goes without saying that the political and economic backdrop is not

favourable for this week's gilt auction given that the UK is officially due to

leave the EU on April 12, and still parliament has not passed PM May's

withdrawal agreement. The 10-year benchmark currently trades at a yield of

1.108%, up from a recent low of 0.986% on March 25 and 20.1bp inside the

comparable GBP swap.

- TIMING: Results are due shortly after the auction closes at 1030GMT.