Nifty December futures trade at steep premium

Published on Dec 06, 2022 16:11

The Nifty December 2022 futures closed at 18,770.50, a premium of 127.75 points compared with the Nifty`s closing of 18,642.75 in the cash market.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange`s futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 135.39 lakh crore compared with Rs 109.65 lakh crore reported in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index lost 58.30 points or 0.31% to settle at 18,642.75.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, rose 2.25% to 14.04.

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

The December 2022 F&O contracts will expire on 29 December 2022.