The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange dipped 8 points, to 17,393, in early trade, on Wednesday morning, amid profit- booking, and weak Asian markets. Remaining flat, the Sensex stood 11 points in the red, at 17,390, a short while ago.Stock markets in South Korea, China and Taiwan were up by between 0.6 percent and 1.3 percent, but the bourses in Singapore, Japan, and Hong Kong were down by between 0.2 percent and 0.5 percent, on Wednesday. The US Dow Jones Industrial Average had closed almost unchanged, overnight.