Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex has recovered by about 144 points amid rising hopes over passage of the GST bill in Parliament in early trade today.

The Sensex, which had lost 118.82 points in yesterday's traffic, was trading higher by 143.87 points, or 0.51 % at 28,120.39.

NSE Nifty recalled the 8,600-level, by high 56.05 points or 0.65 % at 8,646.70.

From the Sensex pack, Maruti Suzuki India, ICICI Bank, Tata Motors, HDFC Ltd, GAIL, SBI, ONGC, Power Grid, NTPC, TCS, M&M, Bharti Airtel and Larsen and Toubro were major gainers, rising by up to 2.64 %.

In the Asian region, Japan's Nikkei rose 2.32 %, although Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 0.16 % in early trade today. Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.62 %

The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.10 %  down in yesterday's trade.