Nifty Aug futures trade at discount

Published on Aug 20, 2021 16:42

The Nifty August 2021 futures were at 16,420, a discount of 30.8 points to Nifty`s spot closing of 16,450.50.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index fell 118.35 points or 0.71% to 16,450.50.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, soared 8.6% to 14.015.

Tata Steel, Reliance Industries and State Bank of India were the top traded stock futures contracts in F&O segment for August expiry.

The August F&O contracts will expire on 26 August 2021.