Call rates ease on subdued demand

24 May 2012 Evaluate

Interbank call rates were trading lower at 8.10/20% from its previous close of 8.25/30% on Wednesday, as market-men preferred watching over the central bank's forex market intervention to gauge its impact on liquidity, and then decide up borrowing for their mandated requirements.

Consistent with the stance of monetary policy and based on the current assessment of prevailing and evolving liquidity conditions, the Reserve Bank has decided to conduct Open Market Operations by purchasing the government securities for an aggregate amount of Rs 12,000 crore on May 25, 2012.

The banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 95,825 crore through repo window on May 24, 2012 while, the banks via LAF borrowed Rs 1,04,510 crore through repo window and parked Rs 10 crore via reverse repo window on May 23, 2012.

The overnight borrowing rates has touched a high of 8.04% and a low of 7.50%, so far.

According to the Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL), the weighted average rate (WAR) in the call money market was 8.03% on Thursday and total volume stood at Rs 12,672.94 crore, so far.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 8.00% on Thursday and total volume stood at Rs 22,884.00 crore, so far.

The indicative call rates which closed at 8.25/30% 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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