Nifty Jan futures trade at premium

Published on Jan 18, 2022 15:59

The Nifty January 2022 futures were at 18,113.70, a premium of 0.65 points as compared with the Nifty`s closing of 18,113.05 in the cash market.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange`s futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 86.63 lakh crore compared with Rs 46.17 lakh crore reported in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index lost 195.05 points or 1.07% to settle at 18,113.05.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of the market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, jumped 6.05% to 17.78.

Axis Bank, HDFC Bank and Reliance Industries were the top traded individual stock futures contracts in F&O segment of NSE.

The January F&O contracts expire on 27 January 2022.