Dutch state raises tap sale price to 99.95 .
AMSTERDAM 1996-08-22
The Finance Ministry raised the price for tap sales of the Dutch government 's new 5.75 percent bond due September 2002 to 99.95 from 99.90 .
Tap sales began on Monday and are being held daily from 07.00 GMT to 15.00 GMT until further notice .
The ministry had raised 2.3 billion guilders from sales of the new bond by the close of trade on Wednesday .
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