.Securities Market Highlights today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark marks, BSE Sensex and also the NSE Nifty, dropped sharplyon Monday to end in the hole, in tandem along with reductions one of global peers. At close, the Sensex was at 78,768.42, down as much as 2,222.5 points or 2.74 percent. The mark dropped nearly 3 per cent to hit the day's reduced of 78,296 on Monday.Representing the Sensex, the Nifty50 additionally tumbled 662 factors or even 2.68 per-cent to clear up at 24,055.6. After submitting a gap-down opening, the mark tumbled 3.33 per cent to strike Monday's reduced of 23,894.The worry mark, India VIX, finished at 20.37 aspects, up 42.23 percent, showing substantial volatility on the market. The dryness index zoomed 61 per cent intraday to 23.15 levels, signifying its own biggest boost because 2015.Bears took control of as forty five away from the fifty specified sells on Nifty50 posted a damaging closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Ports, Tata Steel, and Hindalco were the leading laggards, clocking around 7-per penny reduction.Coming from the BSE room, 28 away from the 30 constituents of the Sensex ended lower, with Tata Motors as well as Adani Slots being the top laggards. Just Hindustan Unilever and also Nestle India managed to end in the eco-friendly.In the wider markets, the Nifty SmallCap and MidCap marks fell 4.5 percent and 3.5 percent, respectively.The sectoral marks likewise dealt with trouble, ending in red along with reductions in Automobile, Metal, IT, and Banking markets of up to 4.85 per cent.