GIFT Nifty logs all-time high monthly turnover of $129.80 billion in March

NEW DELHI: GIFT Nifty recorded its highest-ever monthly turnover of $129.80 billion in the month of March, surpassing its previous record of $106.22 billion set in October 2025, according to NSE International Exchange (IX) on Thursday.

The exchange also said that monthly trading volume hit an all-time high of 2.82 million contracts in March, eclipsing the earlier peak of 2.17 million contracts set in April 2025.

The March milestone is the latest in a series of records for the India-linked derivatives contract.

Earlier in February, GIFT Nifty had logged its highest-ever single-day trading volume of 4,57,989 contracts, with a single-day turnover of $23.48 billion -- surpassing the previous single-day record of $22.88 billion set on January 23, 2024.

The October 2025 monthly record of $106.22 billion had itself eclipsed the earlier high of $102.35 billion reached in May 2025, underscoring the steady acceleration in trading activity over the past year.