Nifty August futures trade at discount

Published on Aug 22, 2023 17:19

The Nifty August 2023 futures closed at 19,381, a discount of 15.45 point compared with the Nifty`s closing 19,396.45 in the cash market.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 rose 2.85 points or 0.01% to settle at 19,396.45.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, declined 1.77% to 11.75.

HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries (RIL) and ICICI Bank were the top traded individual stock futures contracts in F&O segment of NSE.

The August 2023 F&O contracts will expire on 31 August 2023.