Mumbai: on Friday, in early trade, the benchmark BSE Sensex continued its rising trend by gaining 89 points to 28,212.30 on sustained foreign fund inflows.

The 30-share index rose 88.86 points or 0.31 % to 28,212.30.

In the previous session, the gauge had gained 117.07 points.

Also, the NSE Nifty was quoting 23.35 points or 0.26 % higher at 8,673.25.

All the sectoral indices, led by IT, teck and PSU were trading with gains up to 0.77 %.

Among other Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei index was down 0.07 % while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 0.27 % in morning trade.