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Bids amounted to Rs186.002 billion across 91-day, 182-day and 364-day maturities; all figures are in millions of rupees in the official result.","The office accepted Rs70.391 billion of the Rs40 billion offered in 91-day bills, at a weighted average yield of 9.32%, compared with 9.30% at the last auction. For 182-day bills it accepted Rs3.921 billion of Rs35 billion offered at 9.44%, and for 364-day bills Rs6.299 billion of Rs25 billion offered at 9.95%. 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