The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to extend the trading hours by one to two hours on October 9 for various markets regulated by it in the backdrop of the scheduled release of the ‘Monetary Policy Statement, 2020-21 Resolution of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)’.
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das will give his bi-monthly monetary policy address at 10 am.
The revised amended timing for call/notice/term money; market repo in government securities; and tri-party repo in government securities will be 10 am to 3 pm on October 9 against the existing amended timing of 10 am to 2 pm.
In the case of markets relating to commercial paper and certificates of deposit; repo in corporate bonds; government Securities (Central Government Securities, State Development Loans and Treasury Bills); Foreign Currency (FCY)/Indian Rupee (INR) Trades, including Forex Derivatives; and Rupee Interest Rate Derivatives, the revised amended timing for October 9 will be 10 am to 4 pm against the existing amended timing of 10 am to 2 pm.
The government will be raising ₹28,000 crore via sale (re-issue) of four dated securities on October 9.
Comments
Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.
We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of TheHindu Businessline and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.