Today the Sensex closed at the level of 72240.26 points with a fall of about 170.12 points. Whereas Nifty closed at the level of 21731.40 points with a fall of 47.30 points. Apart from this, a total of 3,891 companies were traded in BSE today, out of which about 2,029 shares closed with gains and 1,739 shares closed with decline. There was no difference in the share prices of 123 companies. Today 337 stocks have closed at their highest level in 52 weeks.