.Stock Exchange Highlights today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty, dropped sharplyon Monday to end in the hole, in tandem with losses amongst global peers. At shut, the Sensex was at 78,768.42, down as long as 2,222.5 factors or 2.74 per cent. The index plunged nearly 3 per-cent to hit the time's reduced of 78,296 on Monday.Mirroring the Sensex, the Nifty50 additionally rolled 662 aspects or even 2.68 per cent to resolve at 24,055.6. After posting a gap-down opening, the index tumbled 3.33 per cent to attack Monday's low of 23,894.The anxiety mark, India VIX, ended at 20.37 factors, up 42.23 per cent, suggesting large dryness on the market. The dryness mark zoomed 61 per cent intraday to 23.15 degrees, marking its most extensive rise since 2015.Bears took over as forty five away from the fifty noted sells on Nifty50 published a damaging closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Ports, Tata Steel, as well as Hindalco were the best laggards, clocking around 7-per penny loss.Coming from the BSE area, 28 out of the 30 elements of the Sensex finished lower, along with Tata Motors and Adani Slots being the top laggards. Merely Hindustan Unilever and also Nestle India handled to finish in the eco-friendly.In the more comprehensive markets, the Nifty SmallCap and MidCap marks dropped 4.5 per-cent and also 3.5 per cent, respectively.The sectoral indices additionally encountered mayhem, finishing in reddish with reductions in Automobile, Steel, IT, as well as Banking markets of approximately 4.85 per-cent.