Gulf Investment Corporation sells $255 million Sukuk

Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC) has gathered 750 million Malaysian ringgit (255 million US dollars) by selling five-year Islamic bonds at 4.90 percent.
The Sukuk, which is part of a 3.5 billion ringgit funding program set up earlier, will be launched on Wednesday to about a dozen investors.
This statement came from a source familiar with the deal, who prefers to remain unidentified as the deal has not been made yet.