Axis Bank has finalised the pricing of its $350-million, 5.5-year issue under its existing $2 billion A European Medium Term Note programme. The transaction was priced at 275 basis points more than similar maturity US treasuries . Even though Axis Bank’s original deal size was $300 million, the transaction was upsized to $350mn to accom modate the additional investor demand. Execution of the Axis deal was swift with the transaction pricing within 10 hours of announcement.