Call rates trade above 9 percent on tight supply

31 Jan 2012 Evaluate

Interbank call money rates were trading at 9.05/9.15 percent, slightly higher from Monday’s close of 9.00/9.10 percent, on the back of robust demand for funds in the first week of the two-week reporting cycle and on tight supply. The 50 basis point cut in CRR to 5.5 percent is estimated to have released around Rs 32,000 crore ($6.45 billion) into the banking system on Saturday. CRR is the share of deposits banks must hold as cash with the central bank. The Reserve Bank of India injected Rs 141,000 crore into the banking system through its repo auction under liquidity adjustment facility on Tuesday, up from Rs 122,000 crore on Monday.

The banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 140,895 crore through repo window on January 31, 2012. While, banks using LAF borrowed Rs 121,775 crore through repo window and parked Rs 15 crore via reverse repo window on January 30, 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 8.65% on Monday and total volume stood at Rs 9,974.65, on the same day.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 8.55% on Monday and total volume stood at Rs 32,619.00 crore, on the same day.

The indicative call rates which closed at 9.00/9.10% 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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