Nifty April 2022 futures trades at premium; India VIX spurts 9%
Infosys, HDFC Bank and Tata Steel most active in futures segment.
The Nifty April 2022 futures were at 17,243.95, a premium of 70.30 points as compared with the Nifty's closing of 17,173.65 in the cash market.
Turnover on the National Stock Exchange's futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 63.16 lakh crore compared with Rs 185.94 lakh crore reported in the previous session.
In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index dropped 302 points or 1.73% to settle at 17,173.65.
The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of market's expectation of volatility over the near term, jumped 8.71% to 19.3350.
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Infosys, HDFC Bank and Tata Steel 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 18 2022 | 4:52 PM IST