Indian equities plunged further amid global selloff at the fag end of the close. Metals stocks were badly hit followed by banks, financials, power, pharma and auto stocks. 

At 15.12., the Sensex was trading down 519.54 points or 0.88% at 58,496 with 12 components falling.  Meanwhile, the Nifty was trading lower by 194.60 points or 1.11% at 17,390.55 with 23 components falling.  

Major gainers in the 30-share index were Hindustan Unilever (2.90%), Bajaj Finserv (1.08%), ITC (0.82%), HCL Technologies  (0.73%), Nestle (0.71%), Reliance Industries (0.17%) and Bajaj Finance (0.11%).

On the other hand, Tata Steel (10%), IndusInd Bank (3.54%), State Bank of India (3.48%), HDFC (2.87%), UltraTech Cement (2.03%), Sun Pharma (1.98%), M&M (1.84%) and Axis Bank (1.83%) were the biggest losers in the Sensex.

Market breadth was negative with 1,061 advances against 2,305 declines