Bank of England misses sales target at gilt auction

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LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The Bank of England said it had not sold the full 650 million pounds ($791 million) of short-dated government bonds which it offered at auction on Thursday, after deciding not to allocate 28.8 million pounds of gilts. The BoE accepted bids for 621.2 million pounds of gilts and had received a total of 713.0 million pounds. "The Bank has exercised its discretion not to allocate Stg 28.8 mln of bids in today's operation," it said. The unallocated gilts would be sold at future auctions, it added. ($1 = 0.8221 pounds) (Reporting by David Milliken Editing by William Schomberg)

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