CBB's Treasury Bills fully subscribed

Manama, May 4 (BNA): The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) on Monday announced that this week's BD70 million issue of Government Treasury Bills has been fully subscribed by 114%. The bills, carrying a maturity of 91 days, are issued by the CBB, on behalf of the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The issue date of the bills is 06th May 2015 and the maturity date is 05th August 2015. The weighted average rate of interest is 1.14%, compared to 0.99%, for the previous issue on 29th April 2015. The approximate average price for the issue was 99.712% with the lowest accepted price being 99.696%. This is issue No. 1545 (ISIN BH00040YW394) of Government Treasury Bills. With this, the total outstanding value of Government Treasury Bills is BD1.515 billion. Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB).