The sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange trimmed its initial rally today but was still up by 41 points in afternoon deals.However, the market surged 176 points in its opening session over buying mainly in IT, tech and consumer durable sectors on the back of announcement of bullish Infosys third quarter earnings. The 30-share index which rose by 89 points in previous trade moved up by 41 points to trade at 19,704 when reports last came in.In contrast, the wide-based National Stock Exchange Nifty was down by 2 points to trade at 5,983 when reports last came in.