The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), the eurozone rescue fund, raised €3 billion via a bond sale today but had to pay more than expected and met modest interest, banking sources said.

Demand was only slightly more than the 3.0 billion euros on offer   and the effective rate or return paid to buyers of the bonds was 3.59 percent, higher than anticipated, the sources said.

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