FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / National Grid / 8 October 2026
National Grid (NG): news on Thursday 8 October 2026
+5.5 positive
Coverage was dominated by the Thames tunnel finishing 49 days early, plus a record investment plan and a Barclays buy rating. Analyst price-target trims, a softer share price and some outages and a gas main strike held the tone back.
What drove it
- Thames tunnel completion
- analyst ratings
- US outages and incidents
The 23 stories
- +10.0 National Grid completes 2.2km tunnel breakthrough 49 days ahead of schedule
Tunnel breakthrough 49 days ahead of schedule - +10.0 National Grid completes electricity tunnel breakthrough 49 days ahead of schedule
Tunnel breakthrough well ahead of schedule - +10.0 National Grid completes 2.2km tunnel under River Thames
Thames tunnel completed - +10.0 New tunnel under River Thames completed 49 days early
Thames tunnel completed 49 days early - +9.2 National Grid finishes boring power tunnel under Thames
Finished tunnel boring under Thames - +9.2 National Grid completes Thames cable tunnel
Thames cable tunnel completed - +8.3 National Grid (NG) Gets a Buy from Barclays
Barclays buy rating - +7.5 FTSE 100 utility National Grid (LSE:NG.) maps out a record investment plan: what does it mean for dividend growth?
Record investment plan, dividend growth angle - −7.5 High Pressure Gas Main Struck At Park Slope Construction Site Multiple Buildings Evacuated
Gas main struck, buildings evacuated - −6.7 More than 4,000 National Grid customers without power
Customers without power - −5.8 About 6,900 National Grid customers affected by Watertown-area outage, power mostly restored
Outage affecting customers, mostly restored - +5.0 National Grid 2.2km Thames tunnel: schedule and delivery lessons for engineers
Tunnel delivery lessons, project delivered well - +5.0 National Grid modernizes Perry Street substation in Buffalo to meet growth needs
Substation upgrade for growth - +5.0 National Grid lifts earnings outlook. National Grid stock falls 1.46 percent.
Earnings outlook lifted, shares dip - −5.0 What's behind National Grid's latest stock pullback?
Stock pullback - −4.2 National Grid (LSE:NG.) Stock Gets Fair Value Trim As Analysts Rework Assumptions
Fair value estimate trimmed by analysts - −2.5 Goldman Sachs Keeps National Grid at Neutral, Lowers PT
Goldman neutral, lowers price target - +1.7 National Grid Gower coast cable burial: design and risk notes for engineers
Technical note on Gower cable project - +1.7 National Grid smart meter rollout nears finish line as N.Y. utility costs stay high
Smart meter rollout nearly done, cost concerns - +1.7 How community feedback is helping shape Grimsby to Walpole traffic plans
Community feedback shaping project traffic plans - −1.7 National Grid stock falls 1.26 percent as earnings outlook rises
Shares fall despite higher earnings outlook - −1.7 National Grid stock support test: Technical outlook
Technical support level test - +0.8 Swansea Council asked to back National Grid plan to bury overhead powerline on Gower coast
Council asked to back burial plan
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