Nifty March futures trade at discount

Published on Mar 08, 2022 16:15

The Nifty March 2022 futures were at 16,013.10, a discount of 0.35 points as compared with the Nifty`s closing of 16,013.45 in the cash market.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange`s futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 69.33 lakh crore compared with Rs 51.89 lakh crore reported in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index rose 150.30 points or 0.95% to settle at 16,013.45.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, fell 2.53% at 28.5875.

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

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