.Securities Market Features today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark marks, BSE Sensex as well as the NSE Nifty, fell sharplyon Monday to finish in the hole, in tandem along with losses amongst worldwide peers. At close, the Sensex went to 78,768.42, down as high as 2,222.5 points or 2.74 per-cent. The mark plunged nearly 3 percent to reach the day's low of 78,296 on Monday.Representing the Sensex, the Nifty50 also toppled 662 points or even 2.68 percent to settle at 24,055.6. After posting a gap-down position, the index toppled 3.33 percent to attack Monday's reduced of 23,894.The anxiety mark, India VIX, ended at 20.37 aspects, up 42.23 per-cent, showing substantial volatility available. The dryness mark zoomed 61 per-cent intraday to 23.15 amounts, denoting its own most extensive rise given that 2015.Bears managed as forty five away from the fifty specified inventories on Nifty50 published an adverse closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Ports, Tata Steel, and Hindalco were the leading laggards, clocking up to 7-per penny loss.From the BSE area, 28 away from the 30 components of the Sensex finished lower, along with Tata Motors and Adani Ports being the best laggards. Simply Hindustan Unilever and also Nestle India dealt with to end in the green.In the broader markets, the Nifty SmallCap as well as MidCap marks dropped 4.5 percent and also 3.5 percent, specifically.The sectoral marks additionally experienced pandemonium, ending in red with losses in Car, Metal, IT, and Financial fields of approximately 4.85 per cent.