Rising for the seventh day in a row, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange shot up further by 206 points, or 1.1 per cent, to a 9-week high of 19,327 in early trade today. Remaining firm, the Sensex stood 213 points or 1.1 per cent in the positive zone, at 19,334, in afternoon deals, a short while ago. All the 30 Sensex stocks gained ground. The domestic market rose as investor sentiment was lifted by continued strong buying interest by foreign funds, amid positive regional markets, and easing of global crude oil prices from a recent two-and-a-half-year high. FII inflows in the last six trading sessions have totaled almost 4,500 crore rupees, during which the Sensex has added nearly 1,300 points and outperformed global markets.Other regional bourses in Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea Singapore and Indonesia were up by between 0.1 per cent and 2.5 per cent on hopes that US economic recovery will boost corporate earnings.