YIELD RISES ON 30-DAY SAMA DEPOSITS
The yield on 30-day Bankers Security
Deposit Accounts issued this week by the Saudi Arabian Monetary
Agency (SAMA) rose by more than 1/8 point to 5.95913 pct from
5.79348 a week ago, bankers said.
    SAMA decreased the offer price on the 900 mln riyal issue
to 99.50586 from 99.51953 last Saturday. Like-dated interbank
deposits were quoted today at 6-3/8, 1/8 pct -- 1/8 point
higher than last Saturday.
    SAMA offers a total of 1.9 billion riyals in 30, 91 and
180-day paper to banks in the kingdom each week.
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