Call rates spike up in fresh reporting fortnight

16 Aug 2011 Evaluate

Interbank call money rates are trading at 8.00/05%, higher from its Friday’s close of 7.40/50%, on strong demand in the new reporting fortnight. It closed at 8.00/05% on Friday in a thinly traded market. Demand is typically higher in the first week of the reporting fortnight as banks cover their position in the first week to avoid a last minute scramble for funds.

Banks via LAF borrowed Rs 51,205 crore through repo window on August 16, 2011. While, banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 57,445 crore through repo window and parked Rs 1,010 crore via reverse repo window on August 12, 2011.

The overnight borrowing rates has touched a high of 8.01% and a low of 7.75%, so far.

According to the Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL), the weighted average rate (WAR) in the call money market was 8.02% on Tuesday and total volume so far stood at Rs 9908.85 crore.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 7.97% on Tuesday and total volume so far stood at Rs 35862.60 crore.

The indicative call rates which closed at 8.00/05% 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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