Nifty August futures trade at premium

Published on Aug 17, 2023 16:36

The Nifty August 2023 futures closed at 19,385, a premium of 19.75 point compared with the Nifty`s closing 19,365.25 in the cash market.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 lost 99.75 points or 0.51% to settle at 19,365.25.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, rose 0.94% to 12.24.

Reliance Industries (RIL), HDFC Bank, 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.