Turnover spurts in F&O segment due to weekly options expiry

Published on Apr 07, 2022 16:37

The Nifty April 2022 futures were at 17,742, a premium of 52.55 points as compared with the Nifty`s closing of 17,639.55 in the cash market.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange`s futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 209.49 lakh crore compared with Rs 103.65 lakh crore reported in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index fell 168.1 points or 0.94% to settle at 17,639.55.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, fell 0.13% to 18.9975.

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

The April 2022 F&O contracts will expire on 28 April 2022.