.Stock Exchange Highlights today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty, fell sharplyon Monday to end in the red, in tandem along with losses among international peers. At close, the Sensex went to 78,768.42, down as long as 2,222.5 points or even 2.74 percent. The mark plunged almost 3 per-cent to attack the day's low of 78,296 on Monday.Exemplifying the Sensex, the Nifty50 additionally tumbled 662 aspects or 2.68 per cent to clear up at 24,055.6. After uploading a gap-down opening, the mark tumbled 3.33 percent to hit Monday's reduced of 23,894.The concern index, India VIX, ended at 20.37 points, up 42.23 per cent, showing massive dryness out there. The dryness mark zoomed 61 per-cent intraday to 23.15 levels, signifying its own largest rise given that 2015.Bears managed as forty five out of the fifty detailed stocks on Nifty50 published a damaging closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Ports, Tata Steel, and also Hindalco were actually the leading laggards, clocking up to 7-per cent loss.From the BSE room, 28 out of the 30 elements of the Sensex finished lower, with Tata Motors as well as Adani Slots being actually the best laggards. Only Hindustan Unilever and also Nestle India managed to finish in the eco-friendly.In the more comprehensive markets, the Nifty SmallCap and MidCap marks fell 4.5 per-cent and 3.5 percent, specifically.The sectoral indices additionally dealt with chaos, ending in reddish with reductions in Car, Metal, IT, and Financial markets of around 4.85 per-cent.