The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange today rose by 67 points in early trade, extending gains for the third straight session. The 30-share index, which had gained 221 points in the previous two sessions, rose by 67 points 20,106 in early trade, led by stocks of oil and gas, power, capital goods and realty sectors.Similarly, the wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty rose by 12 points to 6,076 .Meanwhile, in the Asian region, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was, however, down by 0.28 per cent, while Japan'sNikkei Index shed 0.85 per cent in the morning trade today. The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.39 per centhigher in previous session on Friday.