U.K. MONEY MARKET GIVEN 478 MLN STG EARLY HELP

  The Bank of England said it provided the
  market with 478 mln stg of early assistance to help ease a
  liquidity shortage it estimated at 1.10 billion stg.
      It made outright purchases of seven mln stg of band one
  bank bills at 10-3/8 pct and 30 mln stg of band two bank bills
  at 10-5/16 pct.
      In addition, it bought 294 mln stg of paper for resale to
  the market on March 30 and 147 mln stg for resale on April 8,
  in both cases at an interest rate of 10-7/16 pct.
  

