On Monday, the RBI announced a Rs 1-lakh-crore variable rate repo (VRR) auction for the first time since late July after the weighted average call rate (WACR) at 5.67% on Monday, or 17 basis points higher than the repo rate of 5.50%. The central bank will conduct another VRR for Rs 50,000 crore on Wednesday.
Banking stocks, high oil prices drag Indian markets lower
Across Asia, markets were mixed, with South Korea rebounding 1.8% from last week’s losses amid simmering concerns over excessive investments in artificial intelligence (AI). Taiwan