.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 red, in tandem along with reductions one of international peers. At shut, the Sensex went to 78,768.42, down as long as 2,222.5 points or 2.74 per-cent. The index dropped almost 3 per cent to attack the time's reduced of 78,296 on Monday.Exemplifying the Sensex, the Nifty50 additionally toppled 662 points or 2.68 per cent to clear up at 24,055.6. After uploading a gap-down opening, the index rolled 3.33 per-cent to strike Monday's reduced of 23,894.The worry index, India VIX, finished at 20.37 factors, up 42.23 per cent, indicating huge dryness on the market. The dryness mark zoomed 61 percent intraday to 23.15 amounts, denoting its own most extensive boost considering that 2015.Bears consumed as forty five out of the fifty detailed inventories on Nifty50 published an unfavorable closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Slots, Tata Steel, and also Hindalco were actually the leading laggards, clocking as much as 7-per penny loss.Coming from the BSE area, 28 out of the 30 elements of the Sensex ended lower, with Tata Motors and Adani Ports being actually the leading laggards. Simply Hindustan Unilever and Nestle India took care of to end in the environment-friendly.In the wider markets, the Nifty SmallCap and MidCap indices fell 4.5 per-cent as well as 3.5 percent, respectively.The sectoral indices additionally experienced pandemonium, ending in reddish along with reductions in Automotive, Steel, IT, and also Financial fields of up to 4.85 percent.