The Sensex which fell by 52 points in early trade recovered the loss to some extent and was trading 16 points down at 17, 585 when reports last came in.Similarly, the wide-based National Stock Exchange Nifty index lost 11 points in early trade.In the Asian region, the Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 0.10 per cent, while the Japan's Nikkei was up 0.16 per cent in early trade this morning. In the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.35 per cent lower in the previous session on Wednesday.