FTSE 100 news tone · Saturday 24 October 2026
FTSE 100 news overview: Saturday 24 October 2026
News from the 24 hours to Saturday morning, 24 October 2026. Every relevant headline about all 102 companies, read and scored for how good or bad it is for the company.
Market mood · 24 October
Average tone across the 80 companies with news
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.
Mood over time
Average tone per day, 30 Sep to 24 Oct
Across every FTSE 100 company with relevant news that day, −10 to +10.
Average tone fell 0.1 points from 3.1 to 3.0 between 30 Sep and 24 Oct. Its high was 4.2 in 7 Oct.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| day | Average tone |
|---|---|
| 30 Sep | 3.1 |
| 1 Oct | 3.6 |
| 2 Oct | 2.1 |
| 3 Oct | 3.0 |
| 4 Oct | 1.8 |
| 5 Oct | 3.8 |
| 6 Oct | 3.4 |
| 7 Oct | 4.2 |
| 8 Oct | 3.3 |
| 9 Oct | 2.4 |
| 10 Oct | 2.8 |
| 11 Oct | 2.4 |
| 12 Oct | 3.3 |
| 13 Oct | 3.6 |
| 14 Oct | 2.8 |
| 15 Oct | 3.3 |
| 16 Oct | 2.8 |
| 17 Oct | 3.6 |
| 18 Oct | 2.1 |
| 19 Oct | 2.4 |
| 20 Oct | 1.6 |
| 21 Oct | 2.6 |
| 22 Oct | 4.1 |
| 23 Oct | 3.0 |
| 24 Oct | 3.0 |
Weekly note · 20 October – 26 October
FTSE 100 news tone: pharma and property led, utilities and banks lagged
Coverage of the FTSE 100 stayed positive all week, and two drugmakers and two property firms led it. Severn Trent, 3i and Imperial Brands had the weakest reads.
Written by ScriptGrain from the week's stored scores, fact-checked.
Top stories · 24 October · by headlines
HSBC launches RedCoin Hong Kong dollar stablecoin on PayMepositive · HSBA · 38 headlines
Many outlets report HSBC rolling out the RedCoin HKD stablecoin to 3.3 million PayMe users.
Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs in AI-driven cost driveneutral · BARC · 31 headlines
Headlines report Barclays plans to cut 5,000 jobs using AI, with Unite criticising and shares falling after Q3 results.
Smith & Nephew merger talks with J&J orthopaedics unit collapsenegative · SN · 25 headlines
Many outlets, citing the FT, report talks collapsed over who would be CEO.
Rio Tinto to invest $1.9bn in Kangwinan bauxite projectstrongly positive · RIO · 19 headlines
Outlets report Rio Tinto committing US$1.9bn (about A$2.7bn) to the Kangwinan bauxite project in Queensland.
AstraZeneca stomach cancer drug sone-ve doubles survivalstrongly positive · AZN · 15 headlines
Many outlets report CLARITY-Gastric01 data showing the drug doubled survival.
London Stock Exchange Group: LSEG agrees to buy Octus from Permira for $3.5bnstrongly positive · LSEG · 15 headlines
LSEG confirmed talks to acquire Octus, with shares slumping.
All 102 companies · 24 October
Every company and sectorSectors · 24 October · average tone
Oil and gas had the best coverage and Housebuilders the worst
Average tone of each sector's companies with news, −10 to +10.
Oil and gas is the largest at 6.3, ahead of media and technology (5.0). Housebuilders is the smallest at 0.2.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| sector | Average tone |
|---|---|
| Oil and gas | 6.3 |
| Media and technology | 5.0 |
| Financial services | 4.6 |
| Mining | 4.2 |
| Banks | 3.8 |
| Pharma and healthcare | 3.7 |
| Consumer staples | 3.4 |
| Telecoms | 3.3 |
| Industrials and support services | 3.0 |
| Real estate | 2.7 |
| Insurance | 2.6 |
| Travel and leisure | 2.3 |
| Utilities | 1.6 |
| Aerospace and defence | 0.3 |
| Retail | 0.2 |
| Housebuilders | 0.2 |
Biggest stories · the week to 24 October
| Story | Tone | Headlines |
|---|---|---|
| Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs in AI-driven cost driveBarclays · BARC · 26 October | −0.4neutral | 59 |
| LSEG agrees to buy Octus from Permira for $3.5bnLondon Stock Exchange Group · LSEG · 26 October | +6.0strongly positive | 48 |
| Rio Tinto to invest $1.9bn in Kangwinan bauxite projectRio Tinto · RIO · 26 October | +8.2strongly positive | 48 |
| Anglo American Q3 copper output falls 5% on Chile weatherAnglo American · AAL · 26 October | −0.3neutral | 48 |
| HSBC launches RedCoin Hong Kong dollar stablecoin on PayMeHSBC · HSBA · 26 October | +5.9positive | 46 |
| FDA approves GSK's Hibsago for chronic hepatitis BGSK · GSK · 24 October | +10.0strongly positive | 45 |
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