Extending its winning streak, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange rose 63 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 18,194 in early trade on Monday, amid firm Asian markets. But the Sensex later lost ground, and stood 68 points, or 0.4 percent in the red, at 18,063, a short while ago. Other Asian bourses in Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan were up by between 0.3 percent and 0.8 percent, as most European banks passed the stress tests, boosting optimism over the health of the global economy. The US markets had closed nearly 1 per cent higher on Friday.