Nifty August futures trade at discount
Reliance Industries (RIL), HDFC Bank and ITC were the top traded contracts.
The Nifty August 2022 futures closed at 17,315.50, a discount of 29.95 points compared with the Nifty's closing of 17,345.45 in the cash market.
Turnover on the National Stock Exchange's futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 112.98 lakh crore compared with Rs 73.29 lakh crore reported in the previous session.
In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index rose 5.40 points or 0.03% to settle at 17,345.45.
The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of the market's expectation of volatility over the near term, jumped 5.97% to 18.53.
RIL, HDFC Bank and ITC 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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First Published: Aug 02 2022 | 4:39 PM IST