CBB Treasury Bills Oversubscribed

Manama, Bahrain -06^th July 2015

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announces that this week's BD70 million issue of Government Treasury Bills has been fully subscribed by 149%.

The bills, carrying a maturity of 91 days, are issued by the CBB, on behalf of the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain. 

The issue date of the bills is 08^th July 2015 and the maturity date is 07^th October 2015.

The weighted average rate of interest is 1.20%, compared to 1.21%, for the previous issue on 1^st July 2015.

The approximate average price for the issue was 99.698% with the lowest accepted price being 99.698%.

This is issue No. 1555 (ISIN BH0002SO44Q1) of Government Treasury Bills. With this, the total outstanding value of Government Treasury Bills is BD1.605 billion.

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Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB)
Contact: External Communications Unit
Tel: +973 17547357/17547360
E-mail: media@cbb.gov.bh
Website: www.cbb.gov.bh

© Press Release 2015