The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange rose 99 points, or 0.6 percent, to 16,141 in opening deals, on Wednesday, on firm global cues. Amid choppy trade, the Sensex stood 64 points, or 0.4 percent in the green, at 16,106, a short while ago. Stock markets in China, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan rose between 0.2 percent and 1 percent, today, on reports that Europe is close to bailing out debt-strapped Greece. The US Dow Jones Industrial Average had closed 1.5 per cent higher, overnight.