Call rates unchanged from its previous close on Monday

24 May 2011 Evaluate

The Inter-bank call money rates were at 7.40/7.45% unchanged from Monday's closing on steady demand in the first week of the reporting fortnight. The call rates are expected to remain consistently high at this level since banks step up borrowing in the first week of the reporting fortnight. Further, dealers expect outflows related to corporate' advance tax payment due in mid-June to further pressure liquidity, causing the rates to go up.

Banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 63,330 crore through repo window and parked Rs 560 crore using reverse repo window on May 24, 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 7.45% 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 7.43% on Monday and total volume stood at Rs 15,205 crore on the same day.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 6.86% on Monday and total volume stood at Rs 39,879 crore on the same day.

The indicative call rates which closed at 7.40/45% on Monday 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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