The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange was trading down 111 points at 21,214 a short while ago. It declined 49 points to 21,277 in early trade today. The fall was attributed to funds and retail investors booking profits after recent gains, amid weak trend at other Asian bourses.The 30-share index had gained 617 points in the previous three sessions.The National Stock Exchange index Nifty shed 44 points to 6,319. Among other Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei was down 0.36 per cent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 0.20 per cent in early trade. The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.03 per cent up yesterday.