.Securities Market Highlights today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex and also the NSE Nifty, fell sharplyon Monday to finish in the red, in tandem along with reductions one of international peers. At close, the Sensex went to 78,768.42, down as much as 2,222.5 factors or 2.74 per cent. The mark dove virtually 3 percent to strike the day's low of 78,296 on Monday.Representing the Sensex, the Nifty50 also rolled 662 factors or 2.68 per cent to settle at 24,055.6. After posting a gap-down opening, the mark tumbled 3.33 per-cent to attack Monday's low of 23,894.The fear mark, India VIX, finished at 20.37 factors, up 42.23 per cent, showing enormous volatility out there. The dryness index zoomed 61 per cent intraday to 23.15 levels, denoting its biggest rise since 2015.Bears consumed as forty five out of the fifty detailed supplies on Nifty50 posted a negative closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Ports, Tata Steel, and Hindalco were actually the best laggards, clocking up to 7-per cent loss.From the BSE area, 28 out of the 30 elements of the Sensex finished lower, along with Tata Motors and Adani Slots being actually the leading laggards. Merely Hindustan Unilever as well as Nestle India took care of to finish in the green.In the more comprehensive markets, the Nifty SmallCap and MidCap marks dropped 4.5 per-cent as well as 3.5 per-cent, respectively.The sectoral marks additionally faced pandemonium, ending in reddish with losses in Automobile, Metallic, IT, as well as Financial markets of as much as 4.85 per cent.