Call rates trade range-bound; RBI’s OMO awaited

22 May 2013 Evaluate

Interbank call rates were trading higher at 7.25/30% from its previous close of 7.20/30% on Tuesday. The movements of call rates are expected to be range-bound given that traders await to see whether the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will announce an open market operation (OMOs) this week. However, the surge of call rates are also limited as bank’s have enough collateral to borrow from RBI’s repo window.

The banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 101365 crore through repo window on May 22, 2013, while banks using LAF facility borrowed Rs 99585 crore via repo window and parked Rs 110 crore via reverse repo window on May 21, 2013.

The overnight borrowing rates touched a high and low of 7.32% and 7.20% respectively.

According to the Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL), the weighted average rate (WAR) in the call money market was 7.26% on Wednesday and total volume stood at Rs 23823.96 crore, so far.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 7.25% on Wednesday and total volume stood at Rs 35941.80 crore, so far.

The indicative call rates which closed at 7.20/7.30% 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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