The BSE benchmark Sensex that rose 89 points this morning stood 35 points up at 17605 points a short while ago. In a similar fashion, the wide-based National Stock Exchange Nifty Index was trading 6 points, or 0.11 per cent, at 5,295.In the Asian region, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose by 1.68 per cent and Japan's Nikkei Index by 0.68 per cent in morning trade today.The US Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.84 per cent higher in yesterday's trade.