Sensex plunges 516 points; Nifty down 155 points
The BSE Sensex on Tuesday plunged by 516.06 points to close below the 25,000-mark at 24,883.59, while the NSE Nifty lost 155.60 points to settle at 7,603.20 on account of selling in blue-chip stocks and bleak global markets. Earlier in the day, the RBI had slashed the repo rate by 25 basis points to a five-year low of 6.5%. 