Cash rates nudge higher on supply concerns in truncated week

20 Mar 2012 Evaluate

Interbank call rates were at 8.90/8.95% from Monday's close of 8.75/8.80%, as liquidity remained tight after advance tax outflows in the holiday truncated week. Money markets are closed on Friday for a local holiday. The liquidity infused through the cut in banks' cash reserve ratio, or the share of deposits banks must hold with the central bank in cash, has deflected the pressure due to the tax outflows. Meanwhile, the strain on liquidity is expected to remain until the tax outflows return as month-end government spending next week.

However, a sharp rise in the cash rates is unlikely as most banks must have met mandated reserve needs last week since the period of outflows is cyclical and known in advance.

The banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 149,970 crore through repo window on March 20, 2012. The banks via LAF borrowed Rs 160,175 crore through repo window and parked Rs 1,405 crore via reverse repo window on March 19, 2012 respectively.

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 14,258.47crore, so far.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 8.54% on Monday and total volume stood at Rs 51,047.75 crore, so far.

The indicative call rates which closed at 8.75/80% 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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