Nifty April 2022 futures trades at premium; India VIX drops 5%

Published on Apr 20, 2022 16:31

The Nifty April 2022 futures were at 17,172.85, a premium of 36.30 points as compared with the Nifty`s closing of 17,136.55 in the cash market.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange`s futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 118.51 lakh crore compared with Rs 99.17 lakh crore reported in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index rose 177.90 points or 1.05% to settle at 17,136.55.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, dropped 5.57% to 18.6725.

Reliance Industries (RIL), HDFC Bank and Infosys 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.