The benchmark domestic equity indices today ended on a weak note, weighed down by escalating geopolitical tensions and a broad-based sell-off across most sectors. The 30-share index at the Bombay Stock Exchange, Sensex, shed 573 points, or 0.7 per cent, to close at 81,119. The National Stock Exchange Nifty-50 dropped 170 points, or 0.68 per cent, to settle at 24,719.

In the global crude oil market, Brent Crude was trading over 8.7 per cent up at 75 dollars and 44 cents per barrel, and WTI Crude was also trading almost 9 per cent up at 74 dollars and 15 cents per barrel, when reports last came in.

In the Indian bullion market, 24-karat gold was trading up at 1,00,050 rupees per 10 grams, and silver 999 fine was also trading up at 1,06,720 rupees per kilogram, when reports last came in.