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 18th March 2015 and the maturity date is 17th June 2015.

This is issue No.1539 (ISIN BH000P502WS1) of Government Treasury Bills. With this, the total outstanding value of Government Treasury Bills is BHD 1.385 billion.

The weighted average rate of interest is 0.81 per cent, compared to 0.78 per cent, for the previous issue on 11 March 2015.

The approximate average price for the issue was 99.795 per cent with the lowest accepted price being 99.786 per cent.