Nifty August futures trade at discount

Published on Aug 02, 2022 16:39

The Nifty August 2022 futures closed at 17,315.50, a discount of 29.95 points compared with the Nifty`s closing of 17,345.45 in the cash market.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange`s futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 112.98 lakh crore compared with Rs 73.29 lakh crore reported in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index rose 5.40 points or 0.03% to settle at 17,345.45.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of the market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, jumped 5.97% to 18.53.

RIL, HDFC Bank and ITC were the top traded individual stock futures contracts in F&O segment of NSE.

The August 2022 F&O contracts will expire on 25 August 2022.