After recovering from its initial losses, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange gained 194 points to 18,595 in late morning trade today on fresh buying mainly in realty, IT, tech, healthcare and consumer durable sectors on the back of higher global cues. Earlier, the 30 share Barometer lost 72 points in early trade.The Nifty, at the National Stock Exchange declined by 49 points to 5,458.