Call rates unchanged amidst comfortable liquidity condition

25 Mar 2014 Evaluate

Interbank call rates remained unchanged at its previous close of 8.95/9.00% on account of comfortable liquidity condition. Many banks avoid to take position due to lack of near-term triggers and ahead of the end of the fiscal year when banks typically tend to trade less ahead of the squaring of books.

Meanwhile, Call rates are expected to go down as Reserve Bank of India (RBI) opened several channels to infuse liquidity in the banking system. RBI infused Rs 40,000 crore on March 21, 2014 through a 14-day term repo variable rate auction and will infuse Rs 20,000 crore through a five-day repo auction on March 28, 2014. Besides, RBI infused Rs 5,000 crore by repurchasing government securities.

The banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 38733 crore through repo auction on March 25, 2014. In the previous session, banks using LAF facility borrowed Rs 39384 crore through repo auction and parked Rs 3455 crore via reverse repo window on March 24, 2014.

The overnight borrowing rates touched a high and low of 9.00% and 8.90% respectively.

According to the Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL), the weighted average rate (WAR) in the call money market was at 8.91% on Tuesday and total volume stood at Rs 15336.05 crore, so far.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was at 8.95% on Tuesday and total volume stood at Rs 51597.50 crore, so far.

The indicative call rates which closed 8.95/9.00% on Monday 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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