CAIRO - Egypt will issue a dollar-denominated Eurobond in the first half of February, Finance Minister Amr El Garhy said on Wednesday.

The Eurobond, which will raise $3 billion to $4 billion, was initially slated for the end of January.

Egypt sold $7 billion in five-, 10- and 30-year bonds last year as it begins its return to international markets after turmoil following the ouster of president Hosni Mubarak in 2011.

(Reporting by Moemen Abdelkhalek; Writing by Arwa Gaballa) ((arwa.gaballa@thomsonreuters.com; +20 2 2578 3290;))