.Stock Exchange Features today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex as well as the NSE Nifty, fell sharplyon Monday to finish at a loss, in tandem with reductions amongst international peers. At shut, the Sensex was at 78,768.42, down as long as 2,222.5 points or 2.74 per-cent. The mark dove almost 3 per cent to hit the day's low of 78,296 on Monday.Mirroring the Sensex, the Nifty50 also tumbled 662 factors or 2.68 percent to resolve at 24,055.6. After publishing a gap-down position, the index toppled 3.33 per-cent to hit Monday's reduced of 23,894.The concern mark, India VIX, ended at 20.37 points, up 42.23 per cent, showing extensive volatility in the markets. The dryness mark zoomed 61 percent intraday to 23.15 degrees, signifying its own largest rise since 2015.Bears took control of as forty five out of the fifty listed inventories on Nifty50 uploaded a negative closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Ports, Tata Steel, and Hindalco were actually the leading laggards, clocking around 7-per cent reduction.Coming from the BSE space, 28 away from the 30 elements of the Sensex finished lower, along with Tata Motors and Adani Ports being actually the best laggards. Simply Hindustan Unilever and also Nestle India dealt with to finish in the eco-friendly.In the wider markets, the Nifty SmallCap and MidCap indices fell 4.5 per cent and also 3.5 percent, respectively.The sectoral indices likewise faced pandemonium, ending in reddish with losses in Car, Metal, IT, and Financial markets of around 4.85 per-cent.