.Stock Market Highlights today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark marks, BSE Sensex as well as the NSE Nifty, dropped sharplyon Monday to finish in the red, in tandem along with losses amongst global peers. At shut, the Sensex went to 78,768.42, down as high as 2,222.5 aspects or 2.74 percent. The mark dove almost 3 per cent to strike the time's reduced of 78,296 on Monday.Mirroring the Sensex, the Nifty50 also toppled 662 factors or even 2.68 percent to clear up at 24,055.6. After publishing a gap-down opening, the index tumbled 3.33 percent to strike Monday's reduced of 23,894.The fear mark, India VIX, ended at 20.37 aspects, up 42.23 per-cent, suggesting large dryness on the market. The dryness mark zoomed 61 per cent intraday to 23.15 levels, indicating its own biggest increase considering that 2015.Bears consumed as forty five out of the fifty specified stocks on Nifty50 uploaded an adverse closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Slots, Tata Steel, as well as Hindalco were the best laggards, clocking up to 7-per cent loss.From the BSE area, 28 out of the 30 elements of the Sensex finished lower, with Tata Motors and Adani Slots being the leading laggards. Just Hindustan Unilever and also Nestle India handled to finish in the environment-friendly.In the wider markets, the Nifty SmallCap as well as MidCap marks dropped 4.5 per cent as well as 3.5 percent, respectively.The sectoral marks additionally faced pandemonium, finishing in reddish with losses in Automobile, Metal, IT, as well as Banking fields of up to 4.85 per cent.