.Stock Exchange Features today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex as well as the NSE Nifty, dropped sharplyon Monday to finish in the red, in tandem along with losses amongst worldwide peers. At shut, the Sensex was at 78,768.42, down as long as 2,222.5 points or 2.74 per-cent. The index plunged almost 3 percent to strike the time's low of 78,296 on Monday.Exemplifying the Sensex, the Nifty50 likewise rolled 662 factors or even 2.68 percent to clear up at 24,055.6. After publishing a gap-down position, the mark tumbled 3.33 percent to reach Monday's low of 23,894.The anxiety index, India VIX, finished at 20.37 points, up 42.23 per cent, signifying large dryness available. The dryness index zoomed 61 per cent intraday to 23.15 degrees, denoting its own largest rise given that 2015.Bears managed as forty five away from the fifty noted inventories on Nifty50 submitted an unfavorable closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Slots, Tata Steel, and also Hindalco were the leading laggards, clocking around 7-per penny loss.From the BSE area, 28 away from the 30 components of the Sensex ended lower, along with Tata Motors and also Adani Ports being actually the top laggards. Merely Hindustan Unilever and Nestle India managed to finish in the eco-friendly.In the wider markets, the Nifty SmallCap as well as MidCap marks fell 4.5 percent and also 3.5 percent, specifically.The sectoral indices also experienced trouble, ending in red along with losses in Automobile, Metal, IT, as well as Banking sectors of approximately 4.85 percent.