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Tender Results of Government Treasury Bills Worth RO 20 Million Issued
Muscat, 19 Jan 2026 (ONA) — The
total issuance of Government Treasury Bills amounted to RO 20 million. The value of the allotted Treasury bills amounted to RO 15
million, for a maturity period of 28 days. The average accepted price reached RO
99.706 for every RO 100, and the minimum accepted price arrived at RO 99.700
per RO 100. The average discount rate and the average yield reached 3.83685%
and 3.84817%, respectively.
The value of the allotted Treasury
bills amounted to RO 5 million, for a maturity period of 91 days. The average
accepted price reached RO 99.036 for every RO 100, and the minimum accepted
price arrived at RO 99.030 per RO 100. The average discount rate and the
average yield reached 3.86659% and 3.90423%, respectively.
Treasury Bills are short-term highly
secured financial instruments issued by the Ministry of Finance, and they
provide licensed commercial banks the opportunity to invest their surplus funds.
The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) acts as the Issue Manager and provides
theadded advantage of ready liquidity through discounting and repurchase
facilities (Repo).
It may be noted that the interest
rate on the Repo operations with CBO is 4.25% while the discount rate on the
Treasury Bills Discounting Facility with CBO is 4.75%.
Furthermore, Treasury Bills promote
the local money market by creating a benchmark yield curve for short-term
interest rates. Additionally, the Government may also resort to this instrument
whenever felt necessary for financing its recurrent expenditures.
—Ends/AG