Nifty August futures trade at premium
RIL, Tata Steel and Sun Pharma were the top traded contracts.
The Nifty August 2022 futures closed at 17,207.45, a premium of 49.2 points compared with the Nifty's closing of 17,158.25 in the cash market.
Turnover on the National Stock Exchange's futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 70.42 lakh crore compared with Rs 230.08 lakh crore reported in the previous session.
In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index added 228.65 points or 1.35% to settle at 17,158.25.
The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of the market's expectation of volatility over the near term, fell 2.71% to 16.55.
Reliance Industries (RIL), Tata Steel and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries 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.
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