The Inter-bank call money rates were higher at of 7.40/50% on Friday from its previous close of 5.50% as demand for funds picked up in the new reporting fortnight. On Saturday, the two-day rate had closed at 7.25/7.30 percent in an illiquid market. Demand is also typically higher in the first part of a new reporting fortnight as most banks prefer to borrow more in the first week to avoid a last-minute scramble for funds.
Banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 58,640 crore through repo window and parked Rs 450 crore using reverse repo window on May 20, 2011. While Banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 77,350 crore through repo window and parked Rs 435 crore using reverse repo window on May 23, 2011.
The overnight borrowing rates has touched a high of 7.50% and a low of 6.10%, so far.
According to the Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL), the weighted average rate (WAR) in the call money market was 7.41% on Friday and total volume stood at Rs 3,396 crore on the same day.
As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 7.21% on Friday and total volume stood at Rs 3,263 crore on the same day.
The indicative call rates which closed at 7.25 /30% on Saturday 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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