.Stock Exchange Features today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex as well as the NSE Nifty, fell sharplyon Monday to end in the hole, in tandem along with reductions among worldwide peers. At close, the Sensex was at 78,768.42, down as long as 2,222.5 points or even 2.74 per-cent. The index dropped nearly 3 percent to attack the day's low of 78,296 on Monday.Representing the Sensex, the Nifty50 likewise rolled 662 aspects or 2.68 per-cent to settle at 24,055.6. After publishing a gap-down opening, the mark tumbled 3.33 percent to strike Monday's low of 23,894.The concern mark, India VIX, finished at 20.37 factors, up 42.23 per-cent, indicating gigantic dryness available. The dryness mark zoomed 61 per-cent intraday to 23.15 degrees, signifying its own largest increase given that 2015.Bears managed as forty five away from the 50 listed stocks on Nifty50 submitted a damaging closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Slots, Tata Steel, as well as Hindalco were actually the best laggards, clocking around 7-per penny reduction.Coming from the BSE space, 28 out of the 30 constituents of the Sensex finished lower, along with Tata Motors as well as Adani Ports being the leading laggards. Merely Hindustan Unilever and also Nestle India managed to finish in the green.In the wider markets, the Nifty SmallCap and also MidCap marks fell 4.5 percent and 3.5 per cent, specifically.The sectoral marks likewise dealt with mayhem, ending in reddish along with reductions in Automobile, Metallic, IT, and also Financial industries of around 4.85 per-cent.