.Securities 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 along with losses one of global peers. At close, the Sensex was at 78,768.42, down as high as 2,222.5 factors or 2.74 percent. The mark plunged virtually 3 percent to reach the day's low of 78,296 on Monday.Representing the Sensex, the Nifty50 additionally toppled 662 aspects or even 2.68 per cent to work out at 24,055.6. After submitting a gap-down position, the mark rolled 3.33 percent to strike Monday's reduced of 23,894.The concern mark, India VIX, ended at 20.37 factors, up 42.23 per-cent, signifying large dryness out there. The volatility index zoomed 61 percent intraday to 23.15 levels, indicating its own biggest increase given that 2015.Bears consumed as 45 away from the fifty detailed inventories on Nifty50 uploaded a bad closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Slots, Tata Steel, and also Hindalco were the top laggards, clocking approximately 7-per penny loss.From the BSE room, 28 out of the 30 constituents of the Sensex finished lower, along with Tata Motors and Adani Slots being the top laggards. Merely Hindustan Unilever and Nestle India managed to finish in the environment-friendly.In the more comprehensive markets, the Nifty SmallCap and also MidCap marks dropped 4.5 percent and also 3.5 percent, respectively.The sectoral marks likewise encountered trouble, finishing in red with losses in Auto, Metal, IT, and also Banking sectors of approximately 4.85 per cent.