.Securities Market Highlights today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark marks, BSE Sensex as well as the NSE Nifty, dropped sharplyon Monday to end in the red, in tandem along with losses among global peers. At close, 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 day's low of 78,296 on Monday.Mirroring the Sensex, the Nifty50 additionally toppled 662 factors or even 2.68 per cent to work out at 24,055.6. After submitting a gap-down opening, the mark rolled 3.33 per cent to attack Monday's reduced of 23,894.The worry mark, India VIX, finished at 20.37 points, up 42.23 per cent, suggesting gigantic dryness on the market. The volatility mark zoomed 61 percent intraday to 23.15 levels, signifying its most extensive increase because 2015.Bears managed as 45 out of the fifty detailed inventories on Nifty50 published a damaging closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Slots, Tata Steel, and Hindalco were actually the top laggards, clocking as much as 7-per penny reduction.Coming from the BSE space, 28 out of the 30 components of the Sensex ended lower, along with Tata Motors as well as Adani Ports being actually the top laggards. Only Hindustan Unilever as well as Nestle India managed to finish in the green.In the broader markets, the Nifty SmallCap and MidCap indices fell 4.5 percent and also 3.5 percent, respectively.The sectoral marks additionally dealt with mayhem, ending in red along with reductions in Automobile, Steel, IT, as well as Banking industries of up to 4.85 per cent.