Call rates edge tad higher; hopes of improvement in cash conditions limit surge

03 May 2012 Evaluate

Interbank call rates were trading lower at 8.30/8.35%, compared to previous close of 8.35/8.40% on Wednesday as hefty upcoming bond redemptions, have raised hopes for an improvement in cash conditions. The buzz is that, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would redeem Rs 33,000 crore of the 7.40% 2012 bonds on Thursday. However, the current tight liquidity conditions can be gauged from borrowing under RBI's repo facility, which has rose to Rs 1 trillion on Thursday, well above central bank comfort levels. 

The banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 100,545 crore through repo window on May 03, 2012. The banks via LAF borrowed Rs 122,610 crore through repo window and parked Rs 10 crore via reverse repo window on May 2, 2012.

The overnight borrowing rates has touched a high of 8.15% and a low of 5.90%, so far.

According to the Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL), the weighted average rate (WAR) in the call money market was 8.04% on Thursday and total volume stood at Rs 14,790.59  crore, so far.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 8.02% on Thursday and total volume stood at Rs 18,935.50 crore, so far.

The indicative call rates which closed at 8.35/40% on Wednesday 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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