Nifty April 2022 futures trades at premium; India VIX falls 4%

Published on Apr 21, 2022 16:42

The Nifty April 2022 futures were at 17,414, a premium of 21.40 points as compared with the Nifty`s closing of 17,392.60 in the cash market.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange`s futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 185.93 lakh crore compared with Rs 118.51 lakh crore reported in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index rose 256.05 points or 1.49% to settle at 17,392.60.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, dropped 4.39% to 17.8525.

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.