Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – The call money rate eased slightly on Thursday while appreciating trend of the local currency against the US currency continues in the inter-bank market, treasury officials said.

The call rate ranged between 5.25 per cent and 8.00 per cent on the day against 5.35 per cent and 8.25 per cent of the previous working day. But most of the deals were made at rates between 7.00 per cent and 8.00 per cent on the day, they added.

On the other hand, the banks quoted the dollar signal rate at BDT 77.68 on the day against BDT 77.768-BDT 77.70 of the previous working day in the inter-bank foreign exchange market, they noted.
                                                                  Daily Indicators
                                                       Thursday                    Previous  
Inter-bank US$-BDT rate                  77.68                        77.78-77.70
Inter-bank call money rate                5.25 – 8.00                  5.35 – 8.25
Call turnover (in billion)                   79.595                       78.06
DSE general index                             4,558.93                      4,5194.02
DIBOR                                                     N/A                             7.1896
Special REPO (in billion)                  0.50                              0.50
ALS to PDs (in billion)                       7.25                             7.25
Forex reserve (in billion)                   N/A                      $19.05

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BBN/SSR/AD-20Mar14-6:46 pm (BST)