YIELD ON 180-DAY SAUDI DEPOSITS RISES
The yield on 180-day bankers security
deposit accounts issued this week by the Saudi Arabian Monetary
Agency (SAMA) rose slightly to 6.63492 pct from 6.56823 last
week, bankers said.
    SAMA reduced the offer price on the 500 mln riyal issue to
96.78906 from 96.82031 last week. Like-dated interbank deposits
were quoted today at seven, 6-3/4 pct.
    SAMA offers a total 1.9 billion riyals in 30, 91 and
180-day paper to banks in Bahrain each week.
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