Nifty May 2022 futures trade at a premium

Published on May 12, 2022 16:30

The Nifty May 2022 futures were at 15,825.10, at a premium of 17.1 points as compared with the Nifty`s closing of 15,808 in the cash market.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange`s futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 207.71 lakh crore compared with Rs 118.31 lakh crore reported in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index fell 359.10 points or 2.22% to settle at 15,808.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, jumped 8.93% to 24.84.

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

The May 2022 F&O contracts will expire on 26 May 2022.