CAIRO: Saudi Arabia's Finance Ministry said on Monday it had issued 9.376 billion riyals ($2.50 billion) in domestic sukuk, or Islamic bonds, under its monthly issuance programme for February.

It issued 1.805 billion riyals worth of five-year bonds, 0.274 billion riyals in 10-year bonds, and 7.297 billion riyals in 12-year bonds, a ministry statement said. ($1 = 3.7501 riyals)

(Reporting by Nayera Abdallah Editing by Mark Heinrich)