CBB’s Monthly Issue of Treasury Bills Oversubscribed
Published on 27 February 2019
Manama, Bahrain – 27th February 2019 – Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announces that the BD 35 million monthly issue of Government Treasury Bills has been oversubscribed by 449%.
The bills, carrying a maturity of 182 days, are issued by the CBB, on behalf of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The issue date of the bills is 3rd March 2019 and the maturity date is 1st September 2019.
The weighted average rate of interest is 4.25%, compared to 4.39% for the previous issue on 3rd February 2019.
The approximate average price for the issue was 97.895%, with the lowest accepted price being 97.882%.
This is issue No. 1745 (ISIN BH000I31P143) of Government Treasury Bills. With this, the total outstanding value of Government Treasury Bills is BD 2.110 billion.