Domestic markets plunged over 0.7 per cent at the end of the session on Monday owing to weak global cues.

The 30-share BSE index Sensex was down 149.82 points (0.76 per cent) at 19,610.48 and the 50-share NSE index Nifty was down 46.65 points (0.78 per cent) at 5,939.30.

Barring IT, TECk, realty and metal indices, all other BSE sectoral indices ended in the red.

Among them, oil & gas and power indices fell the most with oil & gas index down 1.84 per cent, followed by power 1.02 per cent, consumer durables 0.99 per cent and capital goods 0.99 per cent.

Among 30-share Sensex, Infosys was up 4.42 per cent, followed by Jindal Steel 2.25 per cent, Tata Steel 1.64 per cent, GAIL 1.42 per cent and SBI 1.07 per cent.

On the other hand, Hero MotoCorp was down 3.65 per cent, followed by Bajaj Auto 3.32 per cent, ONGC 2.85 per cent, Sun Pharma 2.68 per cent and HDFC 2.4 per cent.

European stocks extended their downtrend amid concerns that the Federal Reserve will scale back its bond-buying programme and as a gauge of Chinese manufacturing fell. Asian shares dropped while US index futures advanced.

China's manufacturing output fell for the first time in seven months in May as both domestic and external demand softened, while services sector also witnessed slowdown, pointing to slowing momentum in the world's second-largest economy.

In the European markets, Stoxx 50 was down 19.65 points or 0.71 per cent at 2,749.99, FTSE 100 fell 26.81 points or 0.41 per cent to 6,556.28 and DAX shed 61.74 points or 0.74 per cent to 8,287.10.

In the Asian trade, Japan’s Nikkei 225 plunged 512.72 points or 3.72 per cent to 13,261.82 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was down 12.54 points or 0.06 per cent at 22,379.62.

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