.Stock Exchange Highlights today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex and also the NSE Nifty, dropped sharplyon Monday to end in the hole, in tandem with losses one of worldwide peers. At shut, the Sensex was at 78,768.42, down as much as 2,222.5 points or even 2.74 percent. The index plunged nearly 3 per cent to attack the day's low of 78,296 on Monday.Exemplifying the Sensex, the Nifty50 additionally toppled 662 aspects or even 2.68 percent to work out at 24,055.6. After uploading a gap-down opening, the index toppled 3.33 per cent to strike Monday's low of 23,894.The fear mark, India VIX, finished at 20.37 points, up 42.23 per cent, signifying huge dryness in the markets. The volatility index zoomed 61 per cent intraday to 23.15 degrees, indicating its own biggest rise due to the fact that 2015.Bears managed as 45 away from the 50 provided sells on Nifty50 submitted an unfavorable closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Ports, Tata Steel, as well as Hindalco were the top laggards, clocking as much as 7-per penny loss.Coming from the BSE area, 28 away from the 30 constituents of the Sensex finished lower, with Tata Motors and also Adani Ports being actually the best laggards. Merely Hindustan Unilever and Nestle India handled to finish in the environment-friendly.In the more comprehensive markets, the Nifty SmallCap and MidCap marks fell 4.5 per cent and also 3.5 percent, respectively.The sectoral indices additionally experienced chaos, ending in red with reductions in Vehicle, Metal, IT, as well as Financial industries of as much as 4.85 per cent.