Nifty August futures trade at premium
Bajaj Fin, RIL and Infy were the top traded contracts.
The Nifty August 2022 futures closed at 17,965.45, a premium of 21.2 points compared with the Nifty's closing of 17,944.25 in the cash market.
Turnover on the National Stock Exchange's futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 97.78 lakh crore compared with Rs 80.20 lakh crore reported in the previous session.
In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index added 119 points or 0.67% to settle at 17,944.25.
The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of the market's expectation of volatility over the near term, shed 0.04% to 17.68.
Bajaj Finance, Reliance Industries and Infosys 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 17 2022 | 4:10 PM IST