Continuing its upward trend for the second straight day today, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex moved up by another 156 points in opening trade on increased capital inflows by funds, driven by firming trends in global equity markets.

The 30-share index, which had gained 82.60 in yesterday's trading, gathered another 156.74 points, or 1.71 per cent to 9,306.04 in opening trade as all the sectoral indices were trading in positive zone with gains up to 2.66 per cent.