.Stock Exchange Highlights today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex and also the NSE Nifty, dropped sharplyon Monday to finish at a loss, in tandem with reductions among global peers. At shut, the Sensex went to 78,768.42, down as high as 2,222.5 aspects or even 2.74 per cent. The index dove nearly 3 per-cent to strike the day's reduced of 78,296 on Monday.Representing the Sensex, the Nifty50 additionally toppled 662 points or 2.68 per cent to clear up at 24,055.6. After uploading a gap-down position, the mark toppled 3.33 per cent to reach Monday's reduced of 23,894.The concern index, India VIX, ended at 20.37 factors, up 42.23 percent, signifying huge dryness on the market. The volatility mark zoomed 61 per cent intraday to 23.15 amounts, indicating its own most extensive boost due to the fact that 2015.Bears consumed as 45 away from the fifty specified stocks on Nifty50 uploaded a negative closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Ports, Tata Steel, and Hindalco were actually the best laggards, clocking around 7-per cent reduction.Coming from the BSE space, 28 out of the 30 elements of the Sensex finished lower, along with Tata Motors and also Adani Ports being the top laggards. Only Hindustan Unilever and Nestle India dealt with to end in the environment-friendly.In the wider markets, the Nifty SmallCap as well as MidCap marks fell 4.5 per-cent as well as 3.5 percent, specifically.The sectoral marks additionally experienced mayhem, ending in reddish along with losses in Auto, Metal, IT, and Banking fields of as much as 4.85 per-cent.