Call rates unchanged from previous levels

18 Aug 2011 Evaluate

Interbank call money rates are trading at 8% on Thursday almost unmoved from Wednesday's close of 8.00/805% as demand was largely unchanged. Further, the call rates is likely to remain in a range of 8.00-8.10 percent during the week as banks are likely to meet most of their requirement from the central bank's repo window since RBI last week said that lenders have adequate government bond stocks to borrow against from its liquidity injection facility as well as having access to the emergency lending facilities.

The banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 50,110 crore through repo window on August 18, 2011. While banks via LAF borrowed Rs 35,270 crore through repo window and parked Rs 430 crore via reverse repo window on August 17, 2011.

The overnight borrowing rates has touched a high of 8.05% 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 7.99% on Wednesday and total volume so far stood at Rs 9,099.92 crore.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 7.99% on Wednesday and total volume so far stood at Rs 30,309.15 crore.

The indicative call rates which closed at 8.00/8.05% on Thursday 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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