UK sells GBP 3.5bln 4.00% 2029 Gilt: b/c 3.49x (prev. 3.66x), avg. yield 3.810% (prev. 3.821%), tail 0.4bps (prev. 0.3bps)

The UK’s recent Gilt auction, with a bid-to-cover ratio of 3.49, shows weaker demand compared to the previous auction's 3.66, indicating some investor hesitancy.

Newsquawk StaffPublished 5 Mar 2026, 10:23 UTCOn the live feed at 10:03 UTC — 8 more headlines followed before this page went public

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UK sells GBP 3.5bln 4.00% 2029 Gilt: b/c 3.49x (prev. 3.66x), avg. yield 3.810% (prev. 3.821%), tail 0.4bps (prev. 0.3bps)

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The average yield of 3.810% is slightly down from 3.821%, suggesting a modest tightening in terms of yield but the tail of 0.4bps indicates that there might be lingering issues with attracting stronger bids at current pricing.

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