Nifty May futures at premium; VIX slumps 5.9%
Reliance Industries (RIL), HDFC Bank and Infosys were the top traded contracts in the F&O segment.
The Nifty May 2022 futures were at 16,274.90, a premium of 8.75 points compared with the Nifty's closing of 16,266.15 in the cash market.Turnover on the National Stock Exchange's futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 53.84 lakh crore compared with Rs 174.80 lakh crore reported in the previous session.
In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index jumped 456.75 points or 2.89% to settle at 16,266.15.
The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of market's expectation of volatility over the near term, tumbled 5.93% to 23.1.
Reliance Industries (RIL), HDFC Bank and Infosys 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.
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