Call rates soar to four-month high on Tuesday

22 Jul 2014 Evaluate

Interbank call rates stayed near four-month high of 8.95/9.00% against Monday's close of 9.00/9.05%, on tight liquidity conditions after payments from Friday's Rs 14,000 crore  bond auction, while state plans to auction debt atleast worth Rs 10,500 crore on Tuesday also weighed on the sentiment. Further, conditions could worsen as RBI is yet to announce term repo auction this week. In view of all this, overnight call rates could also shoot up to 9% mark, with average daily deficit close to Rs 1.2 lakh crore.

The banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 22203 crore via repo window on July 22, 2014. Meanwhile, banks also borrowed Rs 21677 crore through repo auction and parked Rs 518 crore via reverse repo window on July 21, 2014.

The overnight borrowing rates touched a high and low of 9.05% and 8.70% respectively.

According to the Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL), the weighted average rate (WAR) in the call money market was at 8.99% on Tuesday and total volume stood at Rs 27782.48 crore, so far.

 As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was at 8.97% on Tuesday and total volume stood at Rs 44560.25 crore, so far.

The indicative call rates which closed 9.00/9.05% 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, so far. 

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