At the stock markets, after a positive opening, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange remained firm, and gained 152 points to 30,096, a short while ago. It had also hit an all-time intra-day high of 30,119.The Nifty at the National Stock Exchange jumped 38 points to 9,345. At the foreign exchange market, the rupee rallied 29 paise to trade at nearly 20-month high of 63 rupees 97 paise against the dollar.