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The Qatar Central Bank (QCB) has issued treasury bills and Islamic bonds, with maturities of one week, one month, three, six and nine months, worth 2 billion riyals ($549 million).
The issuance of treasury bills distributed is QR200 million for a week at an interest rate of 5.7615%, QR500 million for a month at an interest rate of 5.7991% and QR500 million for three months at an interest rate of 5.8183%.
Other issuances include QR500 million for six months at an interest rate of 5.7765%, and QR300 million for 9 months at an interest rate of 5.6948%, QCB stated.
According to the bank, the total private bids in treasury bills and Islamic sukuks amounted to QR5.4 billion.
(Writing by Bindu Rai, editing by Seban Scaria)
