Sensex up 356pts; <b>Nifty crosses 6000-mark </b>

The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 290 points at 20,130. following a 25 bps rate cut by the Federal Reserve.

The index is now up 356 points at 20,194.

The Nifty crossed the 6000-mark in opening trades and the index is now up 105 points at 6005.