.Securities Market Highlights today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark marks, BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty, dropped sharplyon Monday to end at a loss, in tandem with reductions one of worldwide peers. At close, the Sensex went to 78,768.42, down as high as 2,222.5 aspects or 2.74 percent. The mark dove almost 3 per-cent to reach the day's reduced of 78,296 on Monday.Representing the Sensex, the Nifty50 additionally tumbled 662 aspects or even 2.68 per cent to settle at 24,055.6. After posting a gap-down opening, the mark toppled 3.33 percent to strike Monday's reduced of 23,894.The anxiety mark, India VIX, finished at 20.37 points, up 42.23 percent, signifying massive volatility in the markets. The dryness mark zoomed 61 per cent intraday to 23.15 degrees, denoting its largest increase considering that 2015.Bears managed as forty five away from the 50 detailed supplies on Nifty50 uploaded a damaging closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Ports, Tata Steel, and Hindalco were actually the best laggards, clocking as much as 7-per penny reduction.From the BSE area, 28 out of the 30 components of the Sensex ended lower, with Tata Motors and Adani Ports being the best laggards. Merely Hindustan Unilever and also Nestle India handled to end in the green.In the more comprehensive markets, the Nifty SmallCap and also MidCap indices dropped 4.5 per-cent as well as 3.5 per-cent, respectively.The sectoral indices also dealt with trouble, ending in reddish with losses in Automobile, Steel, IT, and Financial fields of as much as 4.85 percent.