Nifty August futures trade at premium

Published on Aug 01, 2022 16:37

The Nifty August 2022 futures closed at 17,370.50, a premium of 30.45 points compared with the Nifty`s closing of 17,340.05 in the cash market.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange`s futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 73.29 lakh crore compared with Rs 70.42 lakh crore reported in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index added 181.80 points or 1.06% to settle at 17,340.05.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of the market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, jumped 5.64% to 17.49.

RIL, Tata Motors and Tata Steel 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.