Tesco swamped with orders as sterling market picks up

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Tesco swamped with orders as sterling market picks up

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Tesco, the UK grocer, found the queues for its sterling bond issue on Monday were almost as long as those for its toilet roll. Pent-up demand for sterling debt meant its £450m trade was more than eight times oversubscribed and priced through higher rated comparable debt.

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