Nifty August futures trade at premium

Published on Aug 21, 2023 17:29

The Nifty August 2023 futures closed at 19,399, a premium of 5.4 point compared with the Nifty`s closing 19,393.60 in the cash market.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 added 83.45 points or 0.43% to settle at 19,393.60.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, fell 1.50% to 11.96.

Reliance Industries (RIL), HDFC Bank and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone 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.