Nifty Aug futures trade at premium
The Nifty August 2020 futures were at 11,229.10, a premium of 15.05 points compared with the Nifty's closing of 11,214.05 in the cash market.Turnover on the National Stock Exchange's futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 9.91 lakh crore compared with Rs 39.88 lakh crore in the previous session.
In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index rose 13.90 points or 0.12% to settle at 11,214.05.
The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of market's expectation of volatility over the near term, fell 3.33% at 22.3775.
On the options front, Nifty options for 13 August 2020 expiry showed a maximum Call OI of 23.19 lakh contracts at the 11,500 strike price. Maximum Put OI of 28.93 lakh contracts was seen at 11,000 strike price.
The Nifty option chain for 27 August 2020 expiry showed maximum call open interest (OI) of 22.11 lakh contracts at the 11,500 strike price. Maximum put OI of 33.83 lakh contracts was seen at 11,000 strike price.
Reliance Industries, Bajaj Finance and Tata Consumer Care were the top traded individual stock futures contracts in F&O segment of NSE.
The August 2020 F&O contracts will expire on 27 August 2020.
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