Call rates end steady

The call money rates also ended steady at the overnight call money market here today demand from borrowing banks matched supplies. The overnight rates finished stable at 7.10 per cent. It moved in a range of 7.35 per cent and 6.90 per cent.

The Reserve Bank of India under the liquidity adjustment facility purchased securities worth Rs 80,215 crore in 22 bids at the one-day repo auction at a fixed rate of 7.25 per cent. It also sold securities worth Rs 2,285 crore in six bids at the one-day reverse repo auction at a fixed rate of 6.25 per cent.