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Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (SMT): news on Monday 26 October 2026
News from the 24 hours to Monday morning, 26 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 centred on the trust's share buyback, which has not stopped the stock trading 7.30 percent below net asset value. The persistent discount gives the story a mildly negative lean.
What drove it
- share buyback
- discount to NAV
Around this day
| Day | Tone | Headlines |
|---|---|---|
| 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 26 OctoberFTSE 100 that day| Tone | What the article reported, and why it scored that way | |
|---|---|---|
| Scottish Mortgage buyback leaves shares 7.30% below NAV −3.01 headline today · Ad-hoc-news reports the discount to NAV. | ||
| −3.0 | Buyback ongoing but shares still trade at a 7.30% discount to NAV. | |
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