Manama, This week's BD 70 million issue of Government Treasury Bills has been oversubscribed by 101%. The bills, carrying a maturity of 91 days, are issued by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), on behalf of the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The issue date of the bills is July 31, and the maturity date is October 30. The weighted average rate of interest is 6.61% compared to 6.54% in the previous issue on July 24. The approximate average price for the issue was 98.355% with the lowest accepted price being 98.322%. This is issue No. 2028 (ISIN BH0001832672) of Government Treasury Bills. With this, the total outstanding value of Government Treasury Bills is BD 2.110 billion. Source: Bahrain News Agency
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