.Stock Market Highlights today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex and also the NSE Nifty, fell sharplyon Monday to end at a loss, in tandem along with losses one of worldwide peers. At shut, the Sensex was at 78,768.42, down as much as 2,222.5 aspects or 2.74 per cent. The index plunged virtually 3 per cent to strike the day’s low of 78,296 on Monday.Representing the Sensex, the Nifty50 likewise rolled 662 factors or 2.68 per-cent to resolve at 24,055.6.
After posting a gap-down opening, the mark toppled 3.33 percent to attack Monday’s reduced of 23,894.The fear index, India VIX, ended at 20.37 aspects, up 42.23 per cent, suggesting gigantic dryness on the market. The dryness mark zoomed 61 percent intraday to 23.15 amounts, signifying its most extensive increase because 2015.Bears managed as forty five out of the 50 listed inventories on Nifty50 posted a bad closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Slots, Tata Steel, and Hindalco were actually the top laggards, clocking approximately 7-per cent loss.From the BSE space, 28 out of the 30 constituents of the Sensex finished lower, with Tata Motors as well as Adani Slots being actually the best laggards.
Only Hindustan Unilever as well as Nestle India dealt with to finish in the environment-friendly.In the more comprehensive markets, the Nifty SmallCap and also MidCap indices dropped 4.5 percent as well as 3.5 per cent, respectively.The sectoral marks likewise encountered pandemonium, ending in red along with losses in Vehicle, Metal, IT, and also Banking markets of as much as 4.85 percent.