The Bank of England said it provided themoney market with a further 195 mln stg assistance during the
afternoon.
    This brings total help today to 841 mln stg compared with a
liquidity shortage it has estimated at a revised one billion
stg.
    The Bank bought 176 mln stg of band two bank bills outright
at 10-5/16 pct and 13 mln stg of band one bank bills at 10-3/8
pct. In addition, it bought four mln stg of bills for resale to
the market on March 30 and two mln stg for resale on April 8,
at a common interest rate of 10-7/16 pct.
 REUTER
