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LONDON - The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) successfully auctioned £4,000 million of 4½% Treasury Gilt due in 2035. The auction, which took place on Wednesday, saw competitive bids exceeding the amount on offer by nearly three times, signaling robust investor demand.
Bids at the lowest accepted price were allocated 50% of the amount they bid for, while those above were allotted in full. Bids below this threshold were rejected. The highest accepted price was £98.644, with a corresponding yield of 4.671%, and the lowest was £98.542, yielding 4.684%. The non-competitive allotment price, representing the average accepted price, was determined at £98.580, yielding 4.679%.
The DMO received bids totaling £11.699 billion, indicating the auction was 2.92 times oversubscribed. Of the £4 billion allocated, £3.4 billion was awarded to competitive bids, while gilt-edged market makers received £600 million in non-competitive bids. No allotment was made to other non-competitive bidders.
In addition, an extra amount of up to £1 billion of the stock will be available for purchase at the non-competitive allotment price for successful bidders, aligning with the terms outlined in the Information Memorandum.
Settlement for members of CREST, the securities depository, will be processed via member-to-member deliveries on the designated settlement date.
The auction results demonstrate continued investor confidence in UK government securities, despite the economic challenges and uncertainties in the global financial markets. The Treasury Gilt, a long-term debt instrument, provides the government with the necessary funds to meet its financial obligations and manage the national debt.
The DMO’s press release statement, which was the basis for this report, provides further details on the auction’s outcome, including the calculation of the "tail," a measure of the yield difference between the lowest accepted and average accepted prices, which stood at 0.5 basis points.
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