.Securities Market Features today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty, dropped sharplyon Monday to finish in the red, in tandem with reductions amongst 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 mark plunged virtually 3 percent to strike the time's reduced of 78,296 on Monday.Mirroring the Sensex, the Nifty50 additionally tumbled 662 factors or even 2.68 percent to settle at 24,055.6. After publishing a gap-down opening, the index rolled 3.33 percent to strike Monday's reduced of 23,894.The concern mark, India VIX, ended at 20.37 aspects, up 42.23 per cent, indicating massive volatility in the markets. The dryness index zoomed 61 per cent intraday to 23.15 degrees, signifying its largest rise due to the fact that 2015.Bears managed as forty five away from the fifty listed supplies on Nifty50 posted a damaging closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Slots, Tata Steel, and Hindalco were actually the leading laggards, clocking around 7-per penny reduction.From the BSE room, 28 away from the 30 components of the Sensex ended lower, with Tata Motors as well as Adani Slots being actually the top laggards. Just Hindustan Unilever and Nestle India handled to finish in the green.In the more comprehensive markets, the Nifty SmallCap and also MidCap indices dropped 4.5 percent and 3.5 per-cent, specifically.The sectoral marks likewise encountered mayhem, finishing in reddish with losses in Car, Steel, IT, and Financial fields of up to 4.85 percent.