Nifty August futures trade at premium

Published on Aug 02, 2023 16:18

The Nifty August 2023 futures closed at 19,585.15, a premium of 58.6 points compared with the Nifty`s closing 19,526.55 in the cash market.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 slipped 207 points or 1.05% to settle at 19,526.55.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, surged 9.67% to 11.28.

Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank 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.