Call rates edged higher on stable demand

23 May 2013 Evaluate

Interbank call rates were trading higher at 7.30/35% from its previous close of 7.25/30% on Wednesday as demand steadied in the first week of the new reporting fortnight. Further, the Reserve Bank of India has desisted so far from announcing an open market operation this week, despite liquidity remaining tight. 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 98,450 crore through repo window on May 23, 2013, while banks using LAF facility borrowed Rs 1,01,365 crore via repo window and parked Rs 30 crore via reverse repo window on May 22, 2013.

The overnight borrowing rates touched a high and low of 7.35% and 7.15% respectively.

According to the Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL), the weighted average rate (WAR) in the call money market was 7.27% on Thursday and total volume stood at Rs 24692.69 crore, so far.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 7.22% on Thursday and total volume stood at Rs 54092.30 crore, so far.

The indicative call rates which closed at 7.25/7.30% on Wednesday 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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