Call rates creep higher ahead of advance tax numbers; RBI’s mid-quarterly policy meet eyed

14 Mar 2012 Evaluate

Interbank call rates edged higher at 8.80/90% from Tuesday's close of 8.70/80% as banks continued to cover reserve needs at the start of a new reporting cycle ahead of payment of advance taxes by companies, which is expected to push up the overnight call rates a little above 9 percent on account of these payments.

Typically, banks prefer to meet their reserve requirement in the first of the two-week reporting cycle to avoid the volatility in rates in the second week and also with Reserve Bank mid-quarterly policy review around the corner, banks are mend to prefer a safer bet.

The banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) LAF borrowed Rs 124,855 crore through repo window on March 14, 2012 respectively. Meanwhile, banks via LAF borrowed Rs 123,090 crore through repo window on March 13, 2012 respectively.

The overnight borrowing rates has touched a high of 8.70% and a low of 6.00%, so far.

According to the Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL), the weighted average rate (WAR) in the call money market was 8.51% on Tuesday and total volume stood at Rs 15,000.50 crore, so far.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 8.48% on Tuesday and total volume stood at Rs 53,699.75 crore, so far.

The indicative call rates which closed at 8.70/80% 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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