.Stock Market Highlights today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex as well as the NSE Nifty, dropped sharplyon Monday to end at a loss, in tandem with losses among global peers. At shut, the Sensex went to 78,768.42, down as high as 2,222.5 points or 2.74 percent. The index plunged almost 3 percent to hit the day's low of 78,296 on Monday.Exemplifying the Sensex, the Nifty50 also tumbled 662 aspects or even 2.68 percent to clear up at 24,055.6. After uploading a gap-down opening, the mark rolled 3.33 per cent to hit Monday's low of 23,894.The worry index, India VIX, finished at 20.37 factors, up 42.23 percent, indicating extensive volatility out there. The volatility index zoomed 61 per-cent intraday to 23.15 amounts, signifying its own most extensive increase given that 2015.Bears managed as forty five out of the 50 provided supplies on Nifty50 posted a damaging closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Ports, Tata Steel, and Hindalco were the top laggards, clocking around 7-per penny reduction.Coming from the BSE area, 28 away from the 30 components of the Sensex finished lower, with Tata Motors and Adani Ports being actually the leading laggards. Simply Hindustan Unilever and Nestle India dealt with to end in the eco-friendly.In the wider markets, the Nifty SmallCap and MidCap indices dropped 4.5 percent and 3.5 per-cent, specifically.The sectoral indices also faced trouble, ending in red along with losses in Car, Metal, IT, as well as Financial sectors of up to 4.85 per cent.