.Stock Exchange Highlights today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark marks, BSE Sensex as well as the NSE Nifty, dropped sharplyon Monday to end at a loss, in tandem with reductions amongst international peers. At close, the Sensex went to 78,768.42, down as much as 2,222.5 aspects or even 2.74 percent. The index dove nearly 3 per cent to strike the time's reduced of 78,296 on Monday.Mirroring the Sensex, the Nifty50 also toppled 662 factors or 2.68 per-cent to settle at 24,055.6. After uploading a gap-down position, the index rolled 3.33 per cent to reach Monday's reduced of 23,894.The fear index, India VIX, finished at 20.37 aspects, up 42.23 per-cent, indicating huge dryness on the market. The volatility index zoomed 61 per-cent intraday to 23.15 amounts, indicating its largest increase due to the fact that 2015.Bears took over as forty five out of the 50 detailed sells on Nifty50 submitted a damaging closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Slots, Tata Steel, and Hindalco were actually the top laggards, clocking up to 7-per cent loss.From the BSE space, 28 out of the 30 components of the Sensex finished lower, with Tata Motors and Adani Ports being the leading laggards. Merely Hindustan Unilever and also Nestle India managed to end in the environment-friendly.In the broader markets, the Nifty SmallCap and also MidCap marks dropped 4.5 percent and also 3.5 percent, respectively.The sectoral indices likewise experienced pandemonium, finishing in reddish along with reductions in Automotive, Metallic, IT, and also Banking fields of around 4.85 percent.