.Stock Market Highlights today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark marks, BSE Sensex and also the NSE Nifty, fell sharplyon Monday to end at a loss, in tandem with losses among 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 mark dove virtually 3 percent to strike the day's reduced of 78,296 on Monday.Mirroring the Sensex, the Nifty50 likewise tumbled 662 points or 2.68 per cent to settle at 24,055.6. After submitting a gap-down opening, the mark tumbled 3.33 per cent to reach Monday's low of 23,894.The worry index, India VIX, finished at 20.37 factors, up 42.23 per cent, indicating substantial dryness in the markets. The dryness index zoomed 61 percent intraday to 23.15 amounts, denoting its biggest rise because 2015.Bears managed as forty five away from the fifty listed stocks on Nifty50 submitted a bad closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Slots, Tata Steel, and also Hindalco were actually the best laggards, clocking approximately 7-per cent reduction.From the BSE space, 28 out of the 30 elements of the Sensex finished lower, with Tata Motors and also Adani Slots being actually the top laggards. Only Hindustan Unilever and also Nestle India handled to end in the green.In the wider markets, the Nifty SmallCap and MidCap marks dropped 4.5 per cent as well as 3.5 percent, specifically.The sectoral marks likewise dealt with pandemonium, finishing in reddish with reductions in Auto, Steel, IT, as well as Banking sectors of around 4.85 percent.