Benchmark domestic equity indices today ended in negative territory. The 30-share BSE Sensex shed 236 points, or 0.29 per cent, to close at 81,290, and the NSE Nifty-50 dropped 93 points, or 0.38 percent, to end at 24,549. 

The broader market indices at the Bombay Stock Exchange also logged losses. The Mid-Cap index fell over half percent and the Small-Cap index slumped one percent.