Bahrain Bourse lists treasury bills

EQUITIES BAHRAIN

Manama : Bahrain Bourse (BHB) announced yesterday, the listing of 10 issues in the Treasury Bills Market worth a total of BD542 million, issued by the Central Bank of Bahrain with discount rates ranging between 2.16per cent and 2.52pc for 3-6 months.

With the listing of those issues, the total number of Treasury Bills and Short-Term Islamic Lease (Ijarah) Sukuk listed on Bahrain Bourse became 21 with a total value of BD1.35 billion.

The bourse launched the Treasury Bills Market on 31 January 2016 with the aim of enhancing cash liquidity in local and foreign banks and institutions dealing in this market, and providing investors in BHB with more investment opportunities.