The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange, continued its rising streak for the third straight day today as it rose 144 points in early trade. The gain came on expectations that the government would take steps to attract capital flows to fund the current account deficit. Besides, a firming trend in the Asian region also influenced the trading sentiment.Similarly, the National Stock Exchange index Nifty moved up by 37 points to 5,509.In the Asian region, Japan's Nikkei was up by 0.43 per cent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.78 per cent in early trade. The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.31 per cent on Friday.