Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- The call money rate remained unchanged on Tuesday while the US dollar was stable against the local currency in the inter-bank market, treasury officials said.
The call rate ranged between 5.50 per cent and 8.00 per cent on the day which was same 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.
The US currency was stable against Bangladesh Taka (BDT) due mainly to low demand of the greenback in the inter-bank foreign exchange market.
The banks quoted the dollar signal rate at Tk 77.75 on the day unchanged from the previous level in the inter-bank foreign exchange market, they noted.
Daily Indicators
Tuesday Previous
Inter-bank US$-BDT rate 77.75 77.75
Inter-bank call money rate 5.50 - 8.00 5.50 - 8.00
Call turnover (in billion) 83.0450 78.6450
DSE general index 4,584.63 4,550.48
DIBOR N/A 7.0765
Special REPO (in billion) 2.00 1.10
ALS to PDs (in billion) 2.60 5.60
Forex reserve (in billion) $17.721 $17.724
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BBN/SSR/AD-21Jan14-11:50 pm (BST)