.Stock Exchange Highlights today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark marks, BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty, fell sharplyon Monday to end at a loss, in tandem with reductions one of global peers. At close, the Sensex was at 78,768.42, down as high as 2,222.5 aspects or 2.74 per cent. The index plunged nearly 3 percent to reach the time's reduced of 78,296 on Monday.Exemplifying the Sensex, the Nifty50 also rolled 662 points or even 2.68 percent to resolve at 24,055.6. After uploading a gap-down opening, the index rolled 3.33 per cent to reach Monday's reduced of 23,894.The worry index, India VIX, finished at 20.37 points, up 42.23 per-cent, indicating gigantic dryness out there. The volatility mark zoomed 61 percent intraday to 23.15 degrees, denoting its biggest boost because 2015.Bears took control of as forty five out of the 50 listed stocks on Nifty50 uploaded a bad closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Slots, Tata Steel, as well as Hindalco were actually the best laggards, clocking approximately 7-per penny loss.From the BSE area, 28 out of the 30 constituents of the Sensex finished lower, along with Tata Motors and Adani Slots being actually the leading laggards. Just Hindustan Unilever and Nestle India dealt with to finish in the environment-friendly.In the wider markets, the Nifty SmallCap as well as MidCap indices fell 4.5 percent as well as 3.5 per cent, specifically.The sectoral marks likewise dealt with trouble, ending in red along with losses in Car, Steel, IT, and also Banking fields of as much as 4.85 per cent.