The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex recovered by more than 130 points in opening trade on Thursday on emergence of buying by funds amid firming trends on other Asian markets.

The BSE-30 share benchmark Sensex, which had lost over 453 points in the past three sessions, moved up by 130.72 points, or 0.84 per cent at 15,598.18 points in opening trade with all the sectoral indices trading in positive zone with gains up to 1.44 per cent.