.Stock 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 along with reductions one of global peers. At close, the Sensex was at 78,768.42, down as high as 2,222.5 factors or 2.74 per cent. The mark dove virtually 3 per cent to strike the day's low of 78,296 on Monday.Representing the Sensex, the Nifty50 additionally toppled 662 factors or 2.68 percent to work out at 24,055.6. After uploading a gap-down opening, the index toppled 3.33 per cent to attack Monday's reduced of 23,894.The worry mark, India VIX, ended at 20.37 factors, up 42.23 percent, showing substantial dryness on the market. The volatility mark zoomed 61 per-cent intraday to 23.15 amounts, indicating its most extensive increase considering that 2015.Bears managed as forty five out of the fifty noted stocks on Nifty50 posted a bad closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Ports, Tata Steel, as well as Hindalco were the best laggards, clocking up to 7-per cent reduction.From the BSE space, 28 out of the 30 constituents of the Sensex ended lower, along with Tata Motors and Adani Ports being actually the leading laggards. Merely Hindustan Unilever as well as Nestle India managed to finish in the environment-friendly.In the more comprehensive markets, the Nifty SmallCap and also MidCap marks dropped 4.5 per cent and also 3.5 per cent, respectively.The sectoral indices additionally faced chaos, ending in reddish with losses in Automotive, Metal, IT, and Banking sectors of around 4.85 percent.