Stock Market: Sensex plunges 721 pts, Nifty below 24,900; Bajaj Finance leads losers

The BSE Sensex closed the day at 81,463.09, down 721.08 points, or 0.88 per cent. The NSE Nifty50 fell 225.10 points, or 0.90 per cent, to settle at 24,837.