Call rates shoot up to three and half year high level

30 Mar 2012 Evaluate

Interbank four day call rates stood at three and half year high level of 15/15.05%, up from Thursday's close of 9.95/10.00%, as banks jostled to cover reserve needs to prop up their balance sheets a day before the fiscal year ending. Further, banks also scurried to cover up their mandated needs ahead of the holiday truncated week with only two days of working. Moreover, the expectation of tightened liquidity on account of hefty amount of upcoming debt sales by the government next week, may also weigh on the sentiment, going further.

The banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 124,815 crore through repo window on March 30, 2012. The banks via LAF borrowed Rs 161,015 crore through repo window on March 29, 2012.

The overnight borrowing rates has touched a high of 13.50% 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 10.68% on Friday and total volume stood at Rs 4,296.71 crore.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 11.67% on Friday and total volume stood at Rs 16,684.40 crore.

The indicative call rates which closed at 9.95/10% 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 Bank, State Bank of India, Union Bank of India, ING Vysya Bank, BNP Paribas, HDFC Bank, P&S Bank.

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