Uncollateralized call O/N rates were up. The market was opened at 0.477% by regional bank funding, then traded with 0.473%~0.478％. After the immediate operation at 9:20am was called off, the morning session ended with 0.469%～0.477% funding by the Japanese banks. The immediate operation at 12:50 p.m. was also called off. The afternoon session was all ended with a small amount of trades at0.477%～0.478%. There were no trades for short term contracts . 800 billion of the Funds-Supplying Operations against Pooled Collateral (8/6～8/20) to all branches using the fixed-rate method was offered at 1:00 p.m., and the bid amount were 1689.5 billion yen and the winning bid amount were 800.5 billion yen . The preliminary O/N weighted average interest rate for uncollateralized calls was 0.477%, +0.001% from the previous day's confirmation.

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