The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex declined by over 104 points in the early morning trade today after rising to a record high in the last two straight sessions. Stocks of oil and gas, metals, banking and realty sectors were under pressure and dragging the Sensex down.The wide-based National stock Exchange, Nifty index also slipped below its highest benchmark of 5,600 points to 5,567 points. Brokers attributed the fall in stock prices to profit-booking and a weak trend in the Asian region after overnight losses in the US markets.Meanwhile, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was trading lower by 1.32 per cent, while Japan's Nikkei was down by 1.97 per cent in the early trade. The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 1.03 per cent down on Tuesday's trade.