The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex which gained 351 points in Thursday's trade, moved up further by 53 points, or 0.27 per cent, to 19,131 in opening trade. The wide-based National Stock Exchange Nifty index also gained 11 points, or 0.19 per cent, to 5,740.Japan's Nikkei index was trading 1 per cent higher, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose by 1.13 per cent in early trade today. The US Dow Jones Industrial Averaged ended 0.74 per cent higher in Thursday's trade.