FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / SSE / 5 October 2026

SSE (SSE): news on Monday 5 October 2026

+2.8 slightly positive

Coverage focused on SSE's interim earnings and investment plans, with guidance held, and a £232m battery project under construction in East Ayrshire. A small share price dip held back an otherwise mildly positive picture.

What drove it

interim earnings guidance
battery project
share price dip

The 3 stories

Each headline's own score, strongest first. Links go to the publisher.

+6.3 £232m battery project in East Ayrshire under construction kilmarnocktoday.co.uk
£232m battery storage project progressing, supports growth plans
+2.0 Weekly Recap: Interim adj EPS 64–68p and H1 capex £2.5bn, debt £11.5bn TradingView
Interim earnings and capex guidance recap; factual, mildly positive
−1.3 SSE stock fell 1.05 percent as earnings guidance held AD HOC NEWS
Shares slipped slightly though earnings guidance was maintained

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