Call rates creep higher despite RBI’s OMO purchase announcement

15 Feb 2012 Evaluate

Interbank call rates were trading higher at 8.90/8.95%, from Tuesday's close of 8.65/8.70% as demand was strong at the start of a two-week reporting cycle amid tight liquidity. Even, large borrowings by banks from the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) repo counter under the liquidity adjustment facility coupled with RBI announcement of debt purchases through open market operations in view of injecting cash into the banking system failed to prevent surge of cash rates.

As consistent with the stance of monetary policy and based on the current assessment of prevailing and evolving liquidity conditions, the Reserve Bank has decided to conduct Open Market Operations for an aggregate amount of  Rs 10,000 crore on February 17, 2012.

The banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 168,435 crore through repo window on February 15, 2012. Meanwhile, the banks via LAF borrowed Rs 170,155 crore through repo counter on February 14, 2012.

The overnight borrowing rates has touched a high of 8.75% 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 Wednesday and total volume stood at Rs 10,528.53, so far.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 8.61% on Wednesday and total volume stood at Rs 24,463.45 crore, so far.

The indicative call rates which closed at 8.65/70% on Tuesday 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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