Mumbai: The benchmark Sensex stretched its previous day's gain and climbed up by more than 118 points in early trade on the BSE today chasing worldwide movement.

The 30-share index, Sensex, soared up by 118.67 points more than its previous day close to touch an intra-day high of 15,661.44 points in first five minutes of trading.

Likewise, the wide base National Stock Exchange index, Nifty, gained 34.45 points at 4531.50.