Nifty February futures trade at premium

Published on Feb 21, 2023 16:23

The Nifty February 2023 futures closed at 17,851, a premium of 24.3 points compared with the Nifty`s closing of 17,826.70 in the cash market.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange`s futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 236.45 lakh crore compared with Rs 155.31 lakh crore reported in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 shed 17.90 points or 0.10% to settle at 17,826.70.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, jumped 4.67% to 14.01.

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

The February 2023 F&O contracts will expire on 23 February 2023.