CAIRO: Saudi Arabia's Finance Ministry said on Wednesday it had issued 2.744 billion riyals ($731.71 million) in domestic sukuk, or Islamic bonds, under its monthly issuance program for June.

It issued 1.100 billion riyals worth of nine-year bonds, 345 million riyals in 12-year bonds and 1.299 billion riyals in 15-year bonds, a ministry statement said.

($1 = 3.7501 riyals)

(Reporting by Nayera Abdallah)