The BSE benchmark Sensex rose by 198 points in early trade today.The 30-share BSE index, which gained almost 152 points in the previous two sessions, rallied further by 198.14 points, or 1.22 per cent, to 16,387.50 with all sectoral indices, led by auto and capital goods, trading in the positive zone.The wide-based National Stock Exchange Nifty Index moved up by 61.30 points to 4,935.20 points.