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Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (SMT): news on Friday 23 October 2026
News from the 24 hours to Friday morning, 23 October 2026.
Tone of the day
What the score means. 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.
Why it scored this way
Coverage was thin, with one Investors' Chronicle piece describing a global trust seeking new growth opportunities. It leans mildly positive on that basis alone.
What drove it
- growth opportunities
Around this day
| Day | Tone | Headlines |
|---|---|---|
| Sat 17 Oct | +2.5 | 2 |
| Tue 20 Oct | 0.0 | 1 |
| Wed 21 Oct | −2.0 | 1 |
| Fri 23 Oct | +5.0 | 1 |
| Sun 25 Oct | −1.3 | 1 |
| Mon 26 Oct | −3.0 | 1 |
1 story · 1 headline · strongest first
Investment trusts on 23 OctoberFTSE 100 that day| Tone | Headline and why it scored that way | |
|---|---|---|
| Investors' Chronicle on Scottish Mortgage growth opportunities +5.01 headline today · Investors' Chronicle says the trust is seeking new growth opportunities. | ||
| +5.0 | This global trust is seeking out new growth opportunitiesGlobal trust seeking growth opportunities; plausibly Scottish Mortgage, mildly positive framing. | |
Each headline has its own score; the links go to the publisher.
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