Call rates hover above repo rate on continued demand

11 Apr 2012 Evaluate

Interbank call rates were higher at 8.90/8.95%, from Tuesday's close 8.75/8.80%, as demand picked up in early trades in the first week of the two-week reporting cycle. Demand also picked up as signs of an improvement in liquidity tightness in the banking system were counterbalanced by heavy borrowing programme by government this week.

Meanwhile, in the run-up to the annual monetary policy announcement on April 17, RBI will be closely monitoring the borrowings from the repo window to understand the market dynamics given the heavy supply line-up.

The banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 84,205 crore through repo window on April 11, 2012. The banks via LAF borrowed Rs 90,905 crore through repo window on April 10, 2012.

The overnight borrowing rates has touched a high of 8.60% 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 8.43% on Tuesday and total volume stood at Rs 14,495.24 crore on the same day.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 8.35% on Tuesday and total volume stood at Rs 50,246.50 crore on the same day.

The indicative call rates which closed at 8.75/80% 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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