.Securities Market Highlights today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex as well as the NSE Nifty, dropped sharplyon Monday to end in the red, in tandem with reductions one of worldwide peers. At close, the Sensex was at 78,768.42, down as high as 2,222.5 factors or even 2.74 percent. The mark plunged almost 3 percent to hit the time's low of 78,296 on Monday.Representing the Sensex, the Nifty50 also rolled 662 factors or 2.68 percent to resolve at 24,055.6. After publishing a gap-down opening, the mark rolled 3.33 per cent to attack Monday's reduced of 23,894.The fear index, India VIX, finished at 20.37 factors, up 42.23 percent, signifying gigantic dryness in the marketplace. The dryness index zoomed 61 per cent intraday to 23.15 degrees, indicating its most extensive rise considering that 2015.Bears took over as forty five away from the fifty noted supplies on Nifty50 uploaded a bad closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Slots, Tata Steel, and also Hindalco were the top laggards, clocking around 7-per penny reduction.Coming from the BSE space, 28 away from the 30 components of the Sensex finished lower, with Tata Motors as well as Adani Ports being actually the top laggards. Simply Hindustan Unilever and also Nestle India dealt with to finish in the green.In the more comprehensive markets, the Nifty SmallCap and also MidCap marks fell 4.5 per-cent as well as 3.5 per-cent, respectively.The sectoral marks additionally encountered chaos, finishing in red with losses in Vehicle, Metal, IT, and Banking fields of as much as 4.85 per-cent.