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Situation where a new stock (share) issue has more buyers than there are shares to satisfy their orders. This 'excess of demand over supply' occurrence pushes the share's price higher and may motivate the issuer to bring out another issue. See also undersubscription.

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repo rate

risk

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hedging

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