Sensex plunges below 10,000 points

The benchmark Sensex crashed by 371 points on the Bombay Stock Exchange on Monday.

The benchmark Sensex crashed by 371 points on the Bombay Stock Exchange on Monday with most of the index-related stocks closing in the red on heavy selling by funds.

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The Sensex was down by 370.87 points at 10,042.06 at close after touching a low of 9991.12 points.

Similarly, the National Stock Exchange index Nifty lost 107.10 at 2943.20. It touched the day's low of 2928.

The selling activity spilled over a wide-front which pulled down all the 30 Sensex-related stocks, including those in the metal segment.