.Stock Exchange Features today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex and also the NSE Nifty, fell sharplyon Monday to finish in the hole, in tandem with reductions among worldwide peers. At shut, the Sensex was at 78,768.42, down as long as 2,222.5 factors or 2.74 percent. The index plunged almost 3 per cent to strike the time's reduced of 78,296 on Monday.Representing the Sensex, the Nifty50 also tumbled 662 aspects or 2.68 per cent to clear up at 24,055.6. After uploading a gap-down opening, the mark tumbled 3.33 per cent to reach Monday's low of 23,894.The concern mark, India VIX, finished at 20.37 points, up 42.23 percent, signifying large dryness out there. The dryness mark zoomed 61 per-cent intraday to 23.15 levels, marking its own largest increase given that 2015.Bears managed as forty five out of the fifty provided sells on Nifty50 submitted an adverse closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Ports, Tata Steel, and also Hindalco were actually the leading laggards, clocking around 7-per cent loss.From the BSE space, 28 out of the 30 elements of the Sensex finished lower, along with Tata Motors and also Adani Ports being actually the leading laggards. Only Hindustan Unilever as well as Nestle India dealt with to finish in the green.In the wider markets, the Nifty SmallCap and MidCap indices fell 4.5 per cent and also 3.5 per-cent, specifically.The sectoral indices likewise experienced trouble, ending in reddish with reductions in Vehicle, Steel, IT, and Financial markets of as much as 4.85 per cent.