.Securities Market Highlights today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark marks, BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty, fell sharplyon Monday to finish in the hole, in tandem with losses among global peers. At shut, the Sensex was at 78,768.42, down as long as 2,222.5 aspects or 2.74 percent. The mark dropped almost 3 per-cent to reach the day's low of 78,296 on Monday.Exemplifying the Sensex, the Nifty50 also toppled 662 points or 2.68 per cent to clear up at 24,055.6. After submitting a gap-down position, the index tumbled 3.33 percent to attack Monday's reduced of 23,894.The concern mark, India VIX, ended at 20.37 aspects, up 42.23 per-cent, suggesting extensive dryness in the marketplace. The volatility mark zoomed 61 per-cent intraday to 23.15 amounts, denoting its own largest boost given that 2015.Bears consumed as 45 away from the fifty listed supplies on Nifty50 submitted a damaging closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Ports, Tata Steel, and also Hindalco were actually the best laggards, clocking up to 7-per cent loss.Coming from the BSE room, 28 away from the 30 elements of the Sensex finished lower, along with Tata Motors as well as Adani Ports being actually the top laggards. Only Hindustan Unilever as well as Nestle India managed to end in the environment-friendly.In the more comprehensive markets, the Nifty SmallCap and MidCap indices fell 4.5 percent and 3.5 percent, respectively.The sectoral indices likewise encountered pandemonium, finishing in reddish along with reductions in Automotive, Metal, IT, and Financial industries of around 4.85 per-cent.