The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange was trading 241 points in the positive territory at 16,742 a short while ago. The 30-share index, which lost almost 665 points in the previous two sessions, rose by 180 points, or 1.09 per cent, to 16,682 points in the first five minutes of trade this morning.In a similar fashion, the wide-based National Stock Exchange Nifty Index was trading 77 points in the green at 5,024 points when reports last came in.