.Securities Market Highlights today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex and also the NSE Nifty, fell sharplyon Monday to end in the red, in tandem with reductions amongst international peers. At close, the Sensex was at 78,768.42, down as long as 2,222.5 aspects or 2.74 per-cent. The mark plunged almost 3 per cent to hit the day’s low of 78,296 on Monday.Mirroring the Sensex, the Nifty50 additionally toppled 662 factors or 2.68 percent to clear up at 24,055.6.
After submitting a gap-down opening, the index rolled 3.33 per cent to reach Monday’s reduced of 23,894.The anxiety mark, India VIX, finished at 20.37 aspects, up 42.23 per cent, suggesting gigantic dryness on the market. The dryness mark zoomed 61 per-cent intraday to 23.15 levels, signifying its most extensive rise given that 2015.Bears consumed as forty five out of the fifty noted inventories on Nifty50 published a negative closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Slots, Tata Steel, as well as Hindalco were actually the leading laggards, clocking approximately 7-per cent reduction.Coming from the BSE room, 28 out of the 30 constituents of the Sensex ended lower, with Tata Motors as well as Adani Ports being actually the leading laggards.
Simply Hindustan Unilever and Nestle India managed to finish in the eco-friendly.In the broader markets, the Nifty SmallCap and MidCap indices dropped 4.5 per cent and also 3.5 per cent, specifically.The sectoral marks also faced pandemonium, ending in reddish with losses in Vehicle, Steel, IT, and also Banking fields of around 4.85 percent.