Nifty August futures trade at premium

Published on Aug 04, 2023 16:43

The Nifty August 2023 futures closed at 19,573.20, a premium of 56.2 points compared with the Nifty`s closing 19,517 in the cash market.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 advanced 135.35 points or 0.7% to settle at 19,517.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, tumbled 5.47% to 10.57.

State Bank of India, Reliance Industries 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.