Nifty April 2022 futures trades at discount; India VIX rises 2%
HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries (RIL) and Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) most active in futures segment.
The Nifty April 2022 futures were at 16,910.90, a discount of 47.75 points as compared with the Nifty's closing of 16,958.65 in the cash market.
Turnover on the National Stock Exchange's futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 99.17 lakh crore compared with Rs 63.16 lakh crore reported in the previous session.
In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index dropped 215 points or 1.25% to settle at 16,958.65.
The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of market's expectation of volatility over the near term, advanced 2.27% to 19.7750.
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HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries (RIL) and Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) 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.
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First Published: Apr 19 2022 | 4:23 PM IST