Call rates edge higher on final session of reporting cycle; remain below repo level

05 Sep 2014 Evaluate

Interbank call rates were trading higher at 7.90%/7.95%, from its Thursday’s close of 7.00%/7.10% as select banks scrambled to fulfill their fortnightly requirements on the final session of reporting cycle. However, comfortable liquidity situation after RBI conducted a variable rate one-day reverse repo auction for Rs 500 billion ($8.27 billion) on Thursday, which was its fourth consecutive variable rate auction in addition to its daily fixed rate auction, kept call rates below the repo level even on Reporting Friday.

The banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 3950 crore through repo auction on September 05, 2014, while the banks via LAF borrowed Rs 534 crore through repo auction and parked Rs 4377 crore via reverse repo window on September 04, 2014.

The overnight borrowing rates touched a high and low of 7.50% and 7.30% respectively.

According to the Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL), the weighted average rate (WAR) in the call money market was at 7.43% on Friday and total volume stood at Rs 29471.01 crore, so far.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was at 7.39% on Friday and total volume stood at Rs 36590.25 crore, so far.

The indicative call rates which closed 7.00/7.10%% on Thursday 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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