Gilt auction 2.5 times oversubscribed despite election uncertainty

Jonathan Stapleton
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A government auction of £2.25bn of gilts was two-and-a-half times oversubscribed despite uncertainty over the result of the election.

The Debt Management Office announced it had sold £2.25bn of 2027 treasury gilts in an auction that was 2.47 times covered. It said the highest accepted bid was £97.45, a yield of 4.461%. The low...

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