Staging a solid recovery after a weak opening, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange stood a good 196 points, or 1.2 percent in positive territory, at 16,680, in afternoon deals, a short while ago. Earlier in the morning, however, the Sensex had declined 45 points, 0.3 per cent, to 16,439 in opening trade, as investors booked profits after the strong gains of the past two sessions, amid weak regional markets. The Sensex has gained over 475 points in the past two trading sessions. But other Asian markets in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan were down by between 0.2 percent and 1.4 percent, today, as investors there resorted to profit-booking, ahead of a key European summit, next week. Across in the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had ended 0.2 per cent lower, overnight.