Sensex logs biggest drop in 4 months; Infosys tanks 8 pc

Mumbai, May 29 The benchmark Sensex today plunged 322 points, logging its biggest single-day drop in four months, weighed down by a sharp 8 per cent sell-off in Infosys shares after a key executive quit, amid expiry of monthly equity derivative contracts.

The Sensex resumed lower at 24,523.13 and continued to lose momentum to touch an intra-day low of 24,206.50. It settled at 24,234.15, down 321.94 points or 1.31 per cent — its biggest fall since the 426.