Investment trusts: sector news on Wednesday 11 November 2026
Average tone −3.1 (negative) across 2 companies with relevant coverage, from 6 stories.
How to read a score. Each score rates how good or bad the news was for the company, from −10 (clearly bad) to +10 (clearly good). 0 is neutral, and anything beyond ±6 is strong and rare. It rates the coverage, not the share price.
Company by company
| Company | Tone | Stories | What the coverage was about |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust | +0.8 | 4 | Coverage was mixed: a reassuring letter and a positive look at its AI holdings were offset by a report of a tech sell-off hitting UK investment trusts. |
| Polar Capital Technology Trust | −7.0 | 2 | Coverage centred on a global tech sell-off that cut the value of UK investment trusts, and on a gloomy outlook for London-listed technology trusts. |
| Alliance Witan | — | 0 | |
| F & C Investment Trust | — | 0 |
Strongest stories in the sector
- −7.5 Sector-wide losses in UK trusts likely hit this tech-focused trust's value.}, {
- −6.7 Gloomy outlook for tech trusts, a category this trust belongs to.
- −6.7 Technology sell-off reduced values across investment trusts, likely including this one.
- +5.8 Coverage of a letter from the £18.7bn Scottish trust framed as reassuring investors.</br>
- +5.0 Positive take on the trust's artificial intelligence-focused holdings.
- 0.0 Plain share price quote with no accompanying news.
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