The Sensex and Nifty continued to plunge on Monday and ended in red. The BSE Sensex settled the session at 81,748.57, declining almost 400 points, while the NSE Nifty50 closed trading at 24,688.25,slipping 100 points.

Sensex fell 385 points to close at 81,749, while the Nifty declined 100 points to 24,668. However, midcap stocks outperformed, with the Midcap Index gaining 451 points to settle at 59,443.

The BSE Senex plunged 943.10 points, or 1.16 per cent, to 80,346.86. The Nifty declined 284.75 points, or 1.16 per cent, to 24,263.95. All except Bharti Airtel declined from the Sensex pack.

The S P BSE Sensex was down by 348.55 points to close at 81,748.57, while the NSE Nifty50 lost 100.05 points to end at 24,668.25.

The Sensex, after plunging by over 1,200 points, managed to stage a robust recovery to end the session up 843 points, or 1.04 per cent, at 82,133. The Nifty 50 also posted a gain of 220 points, or 0.9 per cent,

The 50-stock Nifty too witnessed high volatility with the index rising 612 pts from the intraday low of 24,180 to a high of 24,792 in today' session. Later, Nifty ended 219 pts higher at 24,768.