Nifty December 2021 futures trade at premium; India VIX spurts 3%

Published on Dec 13, 2021 16:27

The Nifty December 2021 futures was at 17,462, a premium of 93.75 points as compared with the Nifty`s closing of 17,368.25 in the cash market.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange`s futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 57.74 lakh crore compared with Rs 37.85 lakh crore reported in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index fell 143.05 points or 0.82% to settle at 17,368.25.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, jumped 3.17% at 16.57.

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

The December 2021 F&O contracts expires on 30 December 2021.