Nifty December 2021 futures trade at discount ahead of expiry

Published on Dec 29, 2021 17:13

The Nifty December 2021 futures was at 17,199, a discount of 14.60 points as compared with the Nifty`s closing of 17,213.60 in the cash market.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange`s futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 62.40 lakh crore compared with Rs 52.82 lakh crore reported in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index shed 19.65 points or 0.11% to settle at 17,213.60.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, fell 1.41% to 16.24.

Reliance Industries (RIL), Tata Steel State Bank of India and were the top traded individual stock futures contracts in F&O segment of NSE.

The December 2021 F&O contract expires on 30 December 2021.