Saudi Arabia raises $49bn in H1 debt issuance, leads GCC market: Markaz

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia raised $49.34 billion through 58 bond and sukuk issuances in the first half of 2026, up 1.6 percent from a year earlier, accounting for nearly half of Gulf debt issuance, a new analysis showed. The Kingdom represented 48 percent of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s primary debt market during the six-month period, as total regional issuance reached $102.69 billion across 161 deals, up 6.5 percent from a year earlier, according to a report by Kuwait Financial Center, also known as Markaz.

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