The benchmark Sensex was up by 9 points at 17918 in the noon trade. It recovered by nearly 41 points in the opening trade. This follows fresh buying by funds after Tata Consultancy posted better-than-estimated quarter earnings.The broad-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty which rose 10.35 points to 5,389.10 is now trading at 5387points up by 8.25 points. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was up 0.76 per cent, while Japanese Nikkei gained 0.35 per cent in morning trade.