02 June 2015
Manama, Bahrain - 02 June 2015. The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announces that this quarter's BD 200 million issues of Government Treasury Bills has been oversubscribed by 220%.

The bills, carrying a maturity of 12 months, are issued by the CBB, on behalf of the Kingdom of Bahrain. 

The issue date of the bills is 04 June, 2015 and the maturity date is 02 June, 2016.

The weighted average rate of interest is 1.59 % compare with 1.06 %, for the previous issue on 5 March, 2015.

The approximate average price for the issue was 98.416% with the lowest accepted price being 98.300%.

This is issue No.25 (ISIN BH0008382697) of Government Treasury Bills. With this, the total outstanding value of Government Treasury Bills is BD 1.595 billion.

Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB)
Contact: External Communications Unit
Tel: +973 17547370/17547360
E-mail: media@cbb.gov.bh
Website: www.cbb.gov.bh 

© Press Release 2015