.Stock Market Features today, August 5, 2024: Equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex and also the NSE Nifty, fell sharplyon Monday to finish in the hole, in tandem with losses one of global peers. At shut, the Sensex was at 78,768.42, down as high as 2,222.5 points or even 2.74 per-cent. The mark dropped almost 3 percent to reach the day’s low of 78,296 on Monday.Representing the Sensex, the Nifty50 likewise tumbled 662 aspects or even 2.68 per-cent to work out at 24,055.6.
After submitting a gap-down opening, the index rolled 3.33 percent to hit Monday’s low of 23,894.The worry index, India VIX, ended at 20.37 points, up 42.23 per cent, suggesting enormous volatility in the markets. The dryness index zoomed 61 percent intraday to 23.15 amounts, indicating its most extensive rise since 2015.Bears took over as 45 out of the fifty listed inventories on Nifty50 posted a negative closing. Tata Motors, ONGC, Adani Ports, Tata Steel, and Hindalco were actually the best laggards, clocking around 7-per penny loss.From the BSE space, 28 out of the 30 elements of the Sensex ended lower, with Tata Motors and also Adani Ports being the top laggards.
Just Hindustan Unilever and Nestle India managed to finish in the environment-friendly.In the broader markets, the Nifty SmallCap and also MidCap indices fell 4.5 per-cent and also 3.5 per-cent, respectively.The sectoral marks likewise encountered trouble, finishing in red with losses in Automobile, Steel, IT, and also Banking fields of around 4.85 per-cent.