Nifty August futures trade at premium

The Nifty August 2024 futures closed at 25,036.70, a premium of 25.80 points compared with the Nifty's closing 25,010.90 in the cash market.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 added 59.75 points or 0.24% to 25,010.90.

The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of market's expectation of volatility over the near term, slipped 2.41% to 12.93.

Maruti Suzuki India, HDFC Bank and State Bank of India were the top traded individual stock futures contracts in F&O segment of NSE.

The August 2024 F&O contracts will expire on 29 August 2024.