Mumbai, June 18: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Friday continued to rise for the eighth day by adding over 57 points in early trade on sustained buying by funds, influenced by a firming global trend.
The 30-share index, which had gained 153.82 points in the previous session, gathered another 57.49 points to 17,674.18 points.
Similarly, wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty also rose by 15.25 points to 5,290.10 points.
Marketmen said that the continued rise on foreign funds buying reflected a positive trend in global equity markets.
Japanese stocks Nikkei index was up by 0.29 per cent to 10,027.98,while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index gained 0.34 per cent in early trade.
—-PTI