Indian shares plunged in volatile trading Thursday as investors dumped shares, reversing an earlier advance. The Bombay Stock Exchange's 30-share Sensex tumbled 938 points, 5 percent, to 17,778 points, according to preliminary stock closing figures. On the broader National Stock Exchange, the 50-company S&P Nifty index also dropped 5 percent 5,280 points, according to a report of the Associated Press.
