Call rates little changed from previous close

28 Oct 2011 Evaluate

Interbank call money rates opened at 8.50%, little changed from its previous close of 8.50/8.55% on Tuesday, as supply was adequate enough to meet demand in holiday truncated first week of the reporting fortnight. The Indian markets were closed on Wednesday and Thursday for religious holidays. However, large borrowing from the Reserve Bank of India's repo counter has also kept a lid at call rates.

The banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 59,345 crore through repo window on October 28, 2011. Meanwhile, banks via LAF only borrowed Rs 1,09,230 crore through repo window and parked Rs 175 crore via reverse repo window on October 25, 2011.

The overnight borrowing rates has touched a high of 8.50% and a low of 7.25%, so far.

According to the Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL), the weighted average rate (WAR) in the call money market was 8.25% on Tuesday and total volume stood at Rs 15,141.70 crore.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 8.19% on Tuesday and total volume stood at Rs 33,521.75 crore.

The indicative call rates which closed at 8.50/55% 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 Bank, State Bank of India, Union Bank of India, ING Vysya Bank, BNP Paribas, HDFC Bank, P&S Bank.     

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