The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange rose 61 points, or 0.3 percent, to 19,078, in afternoon trade, a short while ago. The Nifty of the National Stock Exchange gained 18 points, or 0.3 percent, to 5,801.In Other Asian stock markets, key indices in Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore gained between 0.2 percent and 2 percent, in intra-day trade, today.