Nifty May Futures trade at premium; India VIX up 4%

Published on May 09, 2022 16:21

The Nifty May 2022 futures were at 16,309.95, a premium of 8.1 points as compared with the Nifty`s closing of 16,301.85 in the cash market.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange`s futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 76.64 lakh crore compared with Rs 61.52 lakh crore reported in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index lost 109.40 points or 0.67% to settle at 16,301.85.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, advanced 3.68% to 22.0325.

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

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