Call rates continue to hover below repo rate on improved liquidity

04 Jul 2013 Evaluate

Interbank call rates continue to hover below repo rate at 6.75/6.80%, as compared to previous close of 6.50/6.60% on Wednesday on improved liquidity. The comfortable cash situation can be easily gauged by repo borrowings dropping to the lowest in over three months to Rs 17215 crore in the previous session, the least since the RBI held special repo auctions in end-March.

Further, on account of low interest rates, banks are preferring to tap the collateralised borrowing and lending obligation (CBLO) market over the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s liquidity window.

The banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 11690 crore through repo window on July 4, 2013, while borrowed Rs 17215 crore and parked Rs 6365 crore on July 3, 2013.

The overnight borrowing rates touched a high and low of 7.00% and 6.65% respectively.

According to the Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL), the weighted average rate (WAR) in the call money market was 6.81% on Thursday and total volume stood at Rs 21915.88 crore, so far.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 6.81% on Thursday and total volume stood at Rs 70681.90 crore, so far.

The indicative call rates which closed at 6.50/6.60% 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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