Nifty Mar futures trade at premium

Published on Mar 16, 2022 16:44

The Nifty March 2022 futures were at 17,006.50, a premium of 31.15 points as compared with the Nifty`s closing of 16,975.35 in the cash market.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange`s futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 75.79 lakh crore compared with Rs 74.31 lakh crore reported in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index surged 312.35 points or 1.87% to settle at 16,975.35.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, slumped 9.77% to 24.1175.

RIL, Infosys and Tata Steel were the top traded individual stock futures contracts in F&O segment of NSE.

The March 2022 F&O contracts expire on 31 March 2022.