Call rates cool off from five and half month's high; stay above repo level

01 Jan 2013 Evaluate

Interbank day call rates were trading lower at 8.20/25% against its previous close of 8.90/9.00%, which was also its five and half months high level, on Monday, as government's plan to borrow around Rs 160 billion net via treasury bills in the Jan-March quarter, which reduced chances of more borrowing via bonds which could avoid putting any added pressure on liquidity conditions, aided the sentiment.

Further, RBI’s bond buy back announcement for this week, also capped the rise of the call rates. Consistent with the stance of monetary policy and based on the current assessment of prevailing and evolving liquidity conditions, the Reserve Bank has decided to conduct Open Market Operations by purchasing government securities for an aggregate amount of Rs 8,000 crore on January 4, 2013 through multi-security auction using the multiple price method.

The banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 150,230 crore via repo window on January 1, 2013. The banks via LAF borrowed Rs 156,545 crore via repo window and parked Rs 50 crore via reverse repo on December 31, 2012.

The overnight borrowing rates touched a high and low of 8.25% and 8.00% respectively.

According to the Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL), the weighted average rate (WAR) in the call money market was 8.21% on Tuesday and total volume stood at Rs 14,725.94 crore, so far.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 8.05% on Tuesday and total volume stood at Rs 10,976.05 crore, so far.

The indicative call rates which closed at 8.90/9.00% 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.

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