Egypt to offer $500 mln in dollar T-bills -c.bank

CAIRO, June 13 (Reuters) - Egypt's central bank said on

Wednesday it would offer $500 million in dollar-denominated

treasury bills at an auction on Tuesday.

Both Egyptian and foreign financial institutions are

eligible to subscribe to the one-year T-bills, which will mature

on Ju ne 18, 2013, the bank said in an emailed statement. It will

be the sixth issue since the bank introduced the instrument in

November.

(Reporting by Patrick Werr)