Nifty August futures trade at discount

Published on Aug 04, 2022 16:50

The Nifty August 2022 futures closed at 17,370, a discount of 12 points compared with the Nifty`s closing of 17,382 in the cash market.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange`s futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 312.34 lakh crore compared with Rs 126.31 lakh crore reported in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index declined 6.15 points or 0.03% to settle at 17,382.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of the market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, rose 4.37% to 19.26.

Reliance Industries (RIL), Infosys and Lupin 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.