Recovering from early losses, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange rose 68 points, or 0.4 percent, to close at 19,047, on Thursday, as falling food inflation eased fears of a sharp interest rate hike by the Reserve Bank. The Nifty at the National Stock Exchange added 21 points, or 0.4 percent, to 5,712.And China led the slide in other key Asian markets, falling 3 percent on monetary tightening concerns, while the bourses in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea lost between 0.4 percent and 1.7 percent.