.Securities Market Highlights today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark marks, BSE Sensex as well as the NSE Nifty, fell sharplyon Monday to finish in the red, in tandem along with losses amongst international peers. At close, the Sensex was at 78,768.42, down as high as 2,222.5 factors or even 2.74 per cent. The mark plunged nearly 3 per-cent to hit the time's low of 78,296 on Monday.Mirroring the Sensex, the Nifty50 also rolled 662 factors or 2.68 per-cent to work out at 24,055.6. After submitting a gap-down position, the index toppled 3.33 per-cent to attack Monday's reduced of 23,894.The worry mark, India VIX, ended at 20.37 aspects, up 42.23 per cent, signifying large dryness on the market. The dryness index zoomed 61 percent intraday to 23.15 amounts, indicating its own most extensive rise because 2015.Bears took over as 45 out of the fifty detailed supplies on Nifty50 uploaded a bad closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Slots, Tata Steel, and also Hindalco were the top laggards, clocking up to 7-per cent reduction.From the BSE space, 28 out of the 30 elements of the Sensex finished lower, along with Tata Motors and also Adani Ports being the leading laggards. Only Hindustan Unilever and Nestle India managed to finish in the eco-friendly.In the more comprehensive markets, the Nifty SmallCap as well as MidCap marks dropped 4.5 percent and also 3.5 per cent, respectively.The sectoral marks likewise experienced pandemonium, finishing in reddish along with reductions in Auto, Steel, IT, as well as Banking sectors of as much as 4.85 percent.