16/05/2016 07:50 AST

With the listing of a BD200 million Government Development Bond yesterday, the number of conventional bonds and sukuks listed on Bahrain Bourse (BHB) has reached 12 with an approximate total value of $5.1 billion.

Issued by Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) on behalf of the government, the five-year tenor bonds with a par value of BD1 each have May 5 as the issue date and May 5, 2021 as the maturity date.

The fixed annual rate of return on these securities will be 5.875 per cent, payable every six months on November 5 and May 5 every year throughout the tenor.

The latest issue of bonds will be traded under the symbol GDEV11.BND and investors will be able to sell and buy them by placing their orders through BHB registered brokers who will feed them into the trading system.

The system will automatically match the orders in accordance with the price priority then time priority, with a minimum of BD400 per transaction in the primary market.


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