Nifty Jan futures trade at premium

Published on Jan 19, 2022 17:53

The Nifty January 2022 futures were at 17,975.50, a premium of 37.1 points as compared with the Nifty`s closing of 17,938.40 in the cash market.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange`s futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 106.19 lakh crore compared with Rs 86.63 lakh crore reported in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index lost 174.65 points or 0.96% to settle at 17,938.40.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of the market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, rose 0.21% to 17.82.

Bajaj Finance, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone and Tata Steel were the top traded individual stock futures contracts in F&O segment of NSE.

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