.Securities Market Features today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark marks, BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty, dropped sharplyon Monday to end in the hole, in tandem with reductions among international peers. At close, the Sensex was at 78,768.42, down as high as 2,222.5 factors or 2.74 per cent. The index dove virtually 3 per cent to attack the time's reduced of 78,296 on Monday.Exemplifying the Sensex, the Nifty50 additionally rolled 662 aspects or even 2.68 per-cent to settle at 24,055.6. After publishing a gap-down opening, the mark tumbled 3.33 per-cent to hit Monday's reduced of 23,894.The worry index, India VIX, ended at 20.37 aspects, up 42.23 per-cent, suggesting enormous volatility out there. The dryness mark zoomed 61 percent intraday to 23.15 amounts, signifying its biggest increase due to the fact that 2015.Bears managed as 45 away from the fifty listed sells on Nifty50 uploaded an adverse closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Slots, Tata Steel, and Hindalco were actually the best laggards, clocking as much as 7-per cent loss.Coming from the BSE area, 28 out of the 30 components of the Sensex ended lower, with Tata Motors and Adani Slots being actually the best laggards. Only Hindustan Unilever as well as Nestle India dealt with to finish in the environment-friendly.In the more comprehensive markets, the Nifty SmallCap and MidCap indices fell 4.5 percent and also 3.5 per-cent, respectively.The sectoral marks also faced mayhem, ending in reddish with losses in Automotive, Metal, IT, and Financial sectors of up to 4.85 per-cent.