.Stock Exchange Highlights today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark marks, BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty, dropped sharplyon Monday to end in the hole, in tandem along with reductions amongst global peers. At close, the Sensex was at 78,768.42, down as high as 2,222.5 points or even 2.74 percent. The index dove virtually 3 per cent to reach the time's reduced of 78,296 on Monday.Exemplifying the Sensex, the Nifty50 likewise tumbled 662 points or even 2.68 per-cent to resolve at 24,055.6. After posting a gap-down opening, the mark toppled 3.33 per-cent to attack Monday's low of 23,894.The anxiety index, India VIX, ended at 20.37 factors, up 42.23 percent, suggesting enormous dryness in the marketplace. The volatility index zoomed 61 per cent intraday to 23.15 levels, indicating its own largest boost considering that 2015.Bears took over as forty five out of the 50 specified supplies on Nifty50 uploaded an adverse closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Ports, Tata Steel, and also Hindalco were the best laggards, clocking around 7-per penny reduction.Coming from the BSE space, 28 out of the 30 constituents of the Sensex finished lower, along with Tata Motors and Adani Ports being actually the leading laggards. Just Hindustan Unilever as well as Nestle India managed to end in the green.In the more comprehensive markets, the Nifty SmallCap and also MidCap marks dropped 4.5 percent as well as 3.5 per-cent, specifically.The sectoral indices likewise encountered pandemonium, finishing in red along with reductions in Car, Metal, IT, and Banking fields of approximately 4.85 percent.