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Chennai, July 30 Turnover slipped to Rs 58,543.91 crore in the F&O segment on Wednesday against Tuesday’s figure of Rs 64,804.21 crore. The Nifty July and August futures ended in premium at 4326.4 and 4329.65 respectively against the spot close of 4313.55. Nifty witnessed squaring off short positions besides accumulation of fresh longs in August futures. Nifty saw a healthy rollover of open positions of 53.4 per cent.

India VIX, generally referred as fear gauge in the market, slipped to 51.72 from 61.73, which is its all-time high closing level.

Reliance was the most active followed by RNRL, RPL and Reliance Capital. Among them, the RNRL July future hogged the limelight as it gained 11.85 per cent at 100.5 against the spot close of 99.65; the RNRL August future ended at 101, indicating accumulation of fresh long positions.

Tata Steel July futures gained about 8 per cent at 633.75 against the spot close of 630.15; the August future ended at 636.15.

The Reliance Capital July future closed at 1293 against the spot close of 1288.8, while the August future closed at 1298.35.

Foreign institutional investors were net buyers to the tune of Rs 1,935.93 crore on Wednesday.

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