Call rates up at the end of the first week of reporting fortnight

27 May 2011 Evaluate

The Inter-bank call money rates were at 7.40/45% stronger from Thursday's close of 7.30/40% due to firm demand in end of the first week of the reporting fortnight. Though the call rates have risen but demand in the call money market is unlikely to go up significantly in the near-term since most banks have excess SLR (statutory liquidity ratio) so they are borrowing from the Reserve Bank's liquidity adjustment facility (LAF).

SLR is the proportion of banks' deposits that they must mandatorily invest in government bonds and other approved securities. SLR currently stands at 24 percent and banks can borrow funds from the central bank under LAF by keeping their excess SLR holdings as collateral

Banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 76,460 crore through repo window and parked Rs 665 crore using reverse repo window on May 27, 2011. While Banks via Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) borrowed Rs 85,720 crore through repo window and parked Rs 630 crore using reverse repo window on May 26, 2011.

The overnight borrowing rates has touched a high of 7.50% and a low of 6.15%, so far.

According to the Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL), the weighted average rate (WAR) in the call money market was 7.40% on Thursday and total volume stood at Rs 14,693 crore on the same day.

As per CCIL data, WAR in the CBLO (Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation) market was 7.14% on Thursday and total volume stood at Rs 39,059 crore on the same day.

The indicative call rates which closed at 7.30/40% on Thursday 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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