Nifty May 2022 futures trades at premium; India VIX up 4.43%

Published on May 16, 2022 16:29

The Nifty May 2022 futures were at 15,865, at a premium of 22.7 points as compared with the Nifty`s closing of 15,842.30 in the cash market.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange`s futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 67.89 lakh crore compared with Rs 65.05 lakh crore reported in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index rose 60.15 points or 0.38% to settle at 15,842.30.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, advanced 4.43% to 24.5275.

Ambuja Cements, Reliance Industries (RIL) and State Bank of India (SBI) 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.