Sensex down by 318 points; Nifty falls 91 points

Benchmarks Domestic indices today closed with losses snapping winning streak of three sessions.

Amid negative cues from global equity markets, Sensex and Nifty, both, lost around 0.8 per cent. The Sensex at Bombay Stock Exchange declined 318 points, or 0.81 per cent, to end at 38,897.

The Nifty at National Stock Exchange also fell 91 points, or 0.78 per cent, to settle at 11,597