Call rates edge higher on liquidity concerns; RBI’s OMO announcements overlooked

20 Jun 2012 Evaluate

Interbank call rates were trading at 8.15/20%, up from its previous close of 8.00/10% as banking system continued to face a liquidity tightness following outflows towards corporate advance taxes last week. Higher demand for funds in the first week of the reporting cycle, also shored up the call rates, despite the RBI’s announcement to conduct Open Market Operations by purchasing government securities for an aggregate amount of Rs 12,000 crore on June 22, 2012.

The banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 1,25,340 crore through repo window on June 20, 2012, while, the banks via LAF borrowed Rs 1,32,565 crore on June 19, 2012.

The overnight borrowing rates has touched a high of 8.10% 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 8.01% on Wednesday and total volume stood at Rs 14,398.53 crore, so far.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 7.93% on Tuesday and total volume stood at Rs 51,631.30 crore, so far.

The indicative call rates which closed at 8.00/10% 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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