Nifty April 2022 futures trades at discount; India VIX rises 2%

Published on Apr 19, 2022 16:23

The Nifty April 2022 futures were at 16,910.90, a discount of 47.75 points as compared with the Nifty`s closing of 16,958.65 in the cash market.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange`s futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 99.17 lakh crore compared with Rs 63.16 lakh crore reported in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index dropped 215 points or 1.25% to settle at 16,958.65.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, advanced 2.27% to 19.7750.

HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries (RIL) and Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) were the top traded individual stock futures contracts in F&O segment of NSE.

The April 2022 F&O contracts will expire on 28 April 2022.