Call rates trade higher than RBI's repo rate as demand remained high

03 Jan 2012 Evaluate

Interbank call money rates were trading at 8.90/8.95 percent lower from Monday’s close of 9.00/9.05 percent, but significantly higher than the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) repo rate as demand remained high in the first half of the two-week reserves reporting period. However, Indian overnight cash rates closed higher on Monday, the first trading session of 2012, as banks rushed to cover mandated reserve needs at the start of a new two-week reporting period. It was a new reporting fortnight, so demand for funds was there and liquidity was still very much in the deficit zone. Demand is typically strong in the first week of the reporting cycle as most banks prefer to meet reserve needs as soon as possible in order to cut exposure to possibly volatile funding rates in the later half due to last-minute flows.

The banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 1,12,785 crore through repo window on January 03, 2012. While, banks using LAF borrowed Rs 1,17,250 crore through repo window and parked Rs 15 via reverse repo window on January 02, 2012.

The overnight borrowing rates has touched a high of 8.70% and a low of 8.00%, so far.

According to the Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL), the weighted average rate (WAR) in the call money market was 8.60% on Monday and total volume stood at Rs 8,173.18, on the same day.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 8.58% on Monday and total volume stood at Rs 29,604.45 crore, on the same day.

The indicative call rates which closed at 9.00/05% on Monday were contributions made from Andhra Bank, AXIS Bank, Bank of America, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Canara Bank, J P Morgan Chase, Citibank N.A., Corporation Bank, Credit Agricole Bank, Indusind Bank, ICICI Bank, ICICI Securities, IDBI Bank, Jammu and Kashmir Bank, Punjab National Bank, RBS, Societe Generale, Standard Chartered Bank, State Bank of India, Union Bank of India, ING Vysya Bank, BNP Paribas, HDFC Bank, P&S Bank.

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