Nifty August futures trades at premium

India VIX slipped 4.07% as shares advanced.

The Nifty August 2022 futures closed at 17,716.90, a premium of 18.75 points compared with the Nifty's closing of 17,698.15 in the cash market.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange's futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 60.22 lakh crore compared with Rs 211.16 lakh crore reported in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index added 39.15 points or 0.22% to settle at 17,698.15.

The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of the market's expectation of volatility over the near term, slumped 4.07% to 17.6075.

Reliance Industries, Infosys and Divi's Laboratories 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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