The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange was 80 points up in late morning trade today following the emergence of selective buying by funds amid a mixed trend in the Asian region. The 30-Share barometer which rose 113 points in early trade after two sessions of losses, gained 80 points to trade at 19,690 when reports last came in.Similarly, the wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty moved up by 27 points to 5,966.Meanwhile, in Asia, Japan's Nikkei rose by 1.21 per cent,while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index shed 0.26 per cent in earlytrade. The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.92 per cent lower in previous session despite a poor manufacturing report.