The Nifty September 2023 futures closed at 19,704.75, a premium of 30.2 points compared with the Nifty's closing 19,674.25 in the cash market.
In the cash market, the Nifty 50 rose 0.30 points to settle at 19,674.55.
The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of market's expectation of volatility over the near term, advanced 2.25% to 10.90.
HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Reliance Industries (RIL) were the top traded individual stock futures contracts in F&O segment of NSE.
The September 2023 F&O contracts will expire on 28 September 2023.