The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex recovered by nearly 44 points in the opening trade on Wednesday on fresh capital inflows from foreign funds amid firming Asian markets.

The 30-share index was up by 43.39 points or 0.25 per cent at 17,095.93 in the opening trade. The Sensex closed 50.06 points down at 17,052.54 points in yesterday's trade. The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty edged higher by 10.55 points or 0.20 per cent to 5,112.05 points.