Call rates ease from a month high level ahead of RBI’s monetary policy review

02 May 2013 Evaluate

Interbank call rates eased at 7.55/60% from its previous close of 8.25/8.35% on Tuesday, which was also its month’s high level. Financial markets were closed on May 1 for a national holiday. The rates eased as bank’s preferred to borrow more RBI’s repo window, given the liquidity crunch in the banking system ahead of RBI’s monetary policy review on May 3. Faced with declining growth, the Reserve Bank is likely to cut repo rate and Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by about 0.25% each to spur demand and boost industrial output.

The banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 110170 crore through repo window on May 2, 2013, while they borrowed Rs 85110 crore via repo window and parked Rs 15 crore via reverse repo window on April 30, 2013.

The overnight borrowing rates touched a high and low of 7.65% and 7.50% respectively.

According to the Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL), the weighted average rate (WAR) in the call money market was 7.54% on Thursday and total volume stood at Rs 39392.88 crore, so far.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 7.47% on Thursday and total volume stood at Rs 45501.65 crore, so far.

The indicative call rates which closed at 8.25/30% 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, so far.

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