.Stock Exchange Features today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty, dropped sharplyon Monday to end at a loss, in tandem along with losses amongst international peers. At shut, the Sensex went to 78,768.42, down as high as 2,222.5 points or 2.74 per-cent. The index plunged nearly 3 percent to attack the day's reduced of 78,296 on Monday.Representing the Sensex, the Nifty50 additionally tumbled 662 factors or even 2.68 per-cent to work out at 24,055.6. After publishing a gap-down opening, the mark toppled 3.33 percent to reach Monday's reduced of 23,894.The worry mark, India VIX, finished at 20.37 aspects, up 42.23 per cent, showing huge dryness in the markets. The volatility mark zoomed 61 per-cent intraday to 23.15 degrees, marking its biggest increase considering that 2015.Bears managed as 45 out of the fifty specified inventories on Nifty50 uploaded a bad closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Slots, Tata Steel, as well as Hindalco were the best laggards, clocking as much as 7-per penny reduction.From the BSE area, 28 out of the 30 constituents of the Sensex ended lower, with Tata Motors and Adani Ports being the leading laggards. Just Hindustan Unilever as well as Nestle India dealt with to end in the environment-friendly.In the wider markets, the Nifty SmallCap as well as MidCap marks dropped 4.5 percent and 3.5 per-cent, specifically.The sectoral indices additionally faced pandemonium, finishing in reddish with losses in Automotive, Metal, IT, as well as Banking industries of around 4.85 per-cent.