Saudi finance ministry sells 3.95b riyals of domestic sukuk

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s finance ministry sold 3.95 billion riyals (Dh3.8 billion, $1.05 billion) of domestic sukuk in its monthly sale by reopening an issue originally made last month, the ministry said.

It sold 3.35 billion riyals of five-year sukuk, 350 million riyals of seven-year and 250 million riyals of 10-year.

Last month, the ministry sold 5.0 billion riyals of domestic sukuk.