Nifty Jan futures trade at premium

Published on Jan 21, 2021 17:17

The Nifty January 2021 futures were at 14,639.80, a premium of 49.45 points compared with the Nifty`s spot closing of 14,590.35.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange`s futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 69.06 lakh crore compared with Rs 33.42 lakh crore in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index declined 54.35 or 0.37% to 14,590.35. Trading was volatile due to expiry of weekly index options on the NSE.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, rose 2.92% to 22.18.

Tata Motors, Bajaj Finance and RIL were the top traded stock futures contracts in F&O segment for January expiry.

The January F&O contracts will expire on 28 January 2021.