TOP DISCOUNT RATE AT UK BILL TENDER 9.5261 PCT

  The top accepted rate of discount at the
  weekly U.K. Treasury bill tender rose to 9.5261 pct  from
  9.3456 pct last week.
      Applications at the lowest accepted price of 97.625 stg
   were allotted around 81 pct of the amount applied for, and
   applications above that price were allotted in full, the Bank
   of England said.
      A total of 100 mln stg of Treasury bills was offered for
  sale this week.
      Last week, the average rate of discount was 9.3157 pct.
  

