.Stock Exchange Highlights today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex as well as the NSE Nifty, fell sharplyon Monday to finish in the hole, in tandem with reductions among global peers. At shut, the Sensex was at 78,768.42, down as long as 2,222.5 factors or even 2.74 percent. The mark plunged almost 3 per cent to strike the time's low of 78,296 on Monday.Representing the Sensex, the Nifty50 additionally toppled 662 factors or 2.68 per cent to clear up at 24,055.6. After publishing a gap-down opening, the mark tumbled 3.33 per cent to attack Monday's reduced of 23,894.The anxiety mark, India VIX, finished at 20.37 points, up 42.23 per-cent, indicating gigantic volatility in the markets. The volatility index zoomed 61 per-cent intraday to 23.15 degrees, indicating its largest boost given that 2015.Bears consumed as forty five away from the 50 listed stocks on Nifty50 submitted an unfavorable closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Ports, Tata Steel, and also Hindalco were the leading laggards, clocking around 7-per cent reduction.Coming from the BSE area, 28 out of the 30 elements of the Sensex finished lower, with Tata Motors as well as Adani Ports being actually the leading laggards. Merely Hindustan Unilever and Nestle India dealt with to end in the green.In the more comprehensive markets, the Nifty SmallCap as well as MidCap marks fell 4.5 per-cent as well as 3.5 per-cent, respectively.The sectoral indices also faced mayhem, finishing in reddish along with losses in Car, Metallic, IT, as well as Financial industries of around 4.85 per cent.