The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex recovered by over 179 points in early trade today on emergence of buying by foreign funds.The 30-share index, which had lost over 467.27 points in the previous sessions, bounced back by 179.56 points to 16,588.05 points in the first five minutes of trading.Likewise, the wide-based National Stock Exchange's Nifty rose by 55.85 points to 4975.50 points.