.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 with reductions amongst international peers. At shut, the Sensex went to 78,768.42, down as much as 2,222.5 aspects or even 2.74 per cent. The index dropped virtually 3 per cent to strike the day's low of 78,296 on Monday.Mirroring the Sensex, the Nifty50 additionally tumbled 662 factors or 2.68 per-cent to settle at 24,055.6. After publishing a gap-down opening, the mark rolled 3.33 per-cent to hit Monday's reduced of 23,894.The concern mark, India VIX, finished at 20.37 aspects, up 42.23 per cent, showing extensive volatility in the marketplace. The volatility mark zoomed 61 percent intraday to 23.15 amounts, denoting its own biggest rise because 2015.Bears managed as forty five out of the fifty listed supplies on Nifty50 published an adverse closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Ports, Tata Steel, and Hindalco were the top laggards, clocking around 7-per penny loss.From the BSE area, 28 away from the 30 elements of the Sensex ended lower, along with Tata Motors and Adani Slots being actually the top laggards. Simply Hindustan Unilever and also Nestle India took care of to finish in the green.In the wider markets, the Nifty SmallCap as well as MidCap marks fell 4.5 per-cent and 3.5 per cent, specifically.The sectoral indices also faced chaos, ending in reddish along with losses in Auto, Steel, IT, and also Banking fields of as much as 4.85 percent.