OMO Result: SBP injects around Rs301bn into market

MG News | March 17, 2026 at 12:42 PM GMT+05:00

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March 17, 2026 (MLN): The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) conducted a reverse repo and Shariah Compliant Modarabah-based Open Market Operation (OMO) today, in which it cumulatively injected a total of Rs300.7billion into the market, of which Rs298.2bn were injected through reverse repo OMO.

Summary of OMO Result (Conventional)
		Amount (Rs in Million)		Rate (%)		Quotes
Tenor	Type	Offered	Accepted	High – Low	Accepted	Offered	Accepted
10D	Reverse Repo (Injection)	298,200	298,200	10.56 - 10.51	10.51	08	08
Total		298,200	298,200

Meanwhile, the remaining Rs2.5bn was injected through Shariah-compliant Modarabah-based OMO.

Summary of OMO Result (Shariah)
		Amount (Rs in Million)		Rate (%)		Quotes
Tenor	Type	Offered	Accepted	High – Low	Accepted	Offered	Accepted
10D	Reverse Repo (Injection)	2,500	2,500	10.57-10.57	10.57	01	01
Total		2,500	2,500

Explanatory Note

Open Market Operation is a tool used by SBP to inject or mop up funds from the banking system, based on liquidity requirements, via the purchase or sale of eligible securities.

Operationally, in case of OMO (Injections), SBP lends funds to banks/Primary Dealers (PDs) against eligible collateral to address

For OMO (Injections), marketable government securities, i.e. Market Treasury Bills (MTBs) and Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs) are eligible securities.

In OMO (Mop-up), SBP sells MTBs to banks in exchange for funds to remove surplus liquidity from the system.

Eligible collateral for OMO (Mop-up) includes selling MTBs (on repo or outright basis) to banks for removing excess liquidity from the system.

In case of Bai-Muajjal, a Shariah compliant tool for managing liquidity in the Islamic banking system, GOP Ijara Sukuk are eligible securities.

Banks and PDs are eligible counterparties to OMO transactions. For Bai Muajjal transactions, Islamic banks and specialized Islamic windows of conventional banks are eligible counterparties.

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