After paring some of its early morning gains, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange stood 110 points, or 0.6 percent in the green , at 19,960, in afternoon trade, a short while ago. Earlier this morning, the Sensex had surged 234 points within the first five minutes of trade, to again cross the 20,000 level, at 20,084. The Sensex rose on robust economic growth and export figures, and positive global cues. The bourses in Japan, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan were up by between 0.5 percent and 2 percent, today, on improved US economic data, and easing concerns about Europe's debt problems. In the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had surged 2.3 per cent, overnight.