Market sharply pares gains

After a rousing start, the market sharply pared gains in morning trade. At 10:26 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was up 215.54 points or 0.61% at 35,378.02. The Nifty 50 index was up 47.70 points or 0.45% at 10,632.45.

Broader market slipped into negative terrain. Among secondary barometers, the BSE Mid-Cap index was down 0.40%. The BSE Small-Cap index was down 0.15%.

The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was positive. On BSE, 1054 shares rose and 995 shares fell. A total of 83 shares were unchanged.

Most metal shares declined. Jindal Steel & Power (down 1.79%), Hindalco Industries (down 1.08%), Hindustan Zinc (down 0.92%), NMDC (down 0.35%), National Aluminium Company (down 0.3%), Steel Authority of India (down 0.3%), Tata Steel (down 0.24%) and JSW Steel (down 0.12%), edged lower. Hindustan Copper (up 0.19%) and Vedanta (up 0.38%), edged higher.

FMCG shares were mixed. Dabur India (up 2.92%), Tata Global Beverages (up 1.79%), Marico (up 1.68%), Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Health Care (up 0.83%), Nestle India (up 0.52%), Bajaj Corp (up 0.50%) and Hindustan Unilever (up 0.42%), edged higher. Britannia Industries (down 0.02%), GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (down 0.72%), Jyothy Laboratories (down 1.05%), Godrej Consumer Products (down 1.3%) and Colgate Palmolive (India) (down 1.41%), edged lower.

Overseas, Asian shares rose across the board on Wednesday following a strong bounce on Wall Street overnight. In US, the major indices saw their best day since March, with stocks rising on the back of upbeat earnings and robust economic data.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump continued his criticism of the Federal Reserve, calling it his biggest threat as it was raising rates too fast. Trump had previously said the Fed has "gone crazy" and attributed last week's plunge on Wall Street to the US central bank.

On the data front, US industrial production rose 0.3% in September, according to the Federal Reserve. The number of job openings in the US reached another all-time high of 7.1 million in August, according a report released Tuesday morning by the Labor Department. The same report showed that American workers were voluntarily quitting their jobs at a rate of 2.4% in August, matching the July reading, which was the highest since 2001.

The National Association of Home Builders Confidence Index ticked up one point to 68 in October, though it remains down from a cycle high of 74, reached in December 2017.

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