FTSE 100 news tone · Sunday 25 October 2026
FTSE 100 news overview: Sunday 25 October 2026
News from the 24 hours to Sunday morning, 25 October 2026. Every relevant headline about all 102 companies, read and scored for how good or bad it is for the company.
Market mood · 25 October
Average tone across the 48 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 25 Oct
Across every FTSE 100 company with relevant news that day, −10 to +10.
Average tone fell 0.4 points from 3.1 to 2.7 between 30 Sep and 25 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 |
| 25 Oct | 2.7 |
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 · 25 October · by headlines
HSBC's RedCoin stablecoin, tied to the Hong Kong dollar, arrives on PayMepositive · HSBA · 16 headlines
Many outlets say HSBC is making RedCoin, a stablecoin denominated in HKD, available to 3.3 million people on PayMe.
AstraZeneca stomach cancer drug sone-ve doubles survivalstrongly positive · AZN · 15 headlines
Many outlets report CLARITY-Gastric01 data showing the drug doubled survival.
5,000 jobs to go at Barclays as AI helps lower costsneutral · BARC · 14 headlines
Headlines say Barclays will shed 5,000 roles through AI, with Unite voicing criticism and the shares falling after third-quarter results.
AstraZeneca: Imfinzi and Imdelltra cut risk of dying by 58% in lung cancer of the small-cell typestrongly positive · AZN · 11 headlines
In the Phase III DeLLphi-305 trial, patients given Imfinzi alongside Imdelltra as initial treatment for extensive-stage lung cancer of the small-cell type had a 58% lower risk of death.
AstraZeneca: Imfinzi plus enfortumab vedotin cuts recurrence and death risk in bladder cancerstrongly positive · AZN · 8 headlines
Perioperative Imfinzi combined with enfortumab vedotin gave a 49% lower risk of recurrence and a 42% lower risk of death for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
International Airlines Group: British Airways flies to Sri Lanka again after an 11-year gapstrongly positive · IAG · 8 headlines
British Airways' inaugural service from Gatwick has arrived in Colombo, and it has teamed up with Hoppers London on inflight dining.
All 102 companies · 25 October
Every company and sectorSectors · 25 October · average tone
Insurance had the best coverage and Utilities the worst
Average tone of each sector's companies with news, −10 to +10.
Insurance is the largest at 7.1, ahead of Telecoms (6.2). Utilities is the lowest at −2.5. 3 of the 16 are below zero.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| sector | Average tone |
|---|---|
| Insurance | 7.1 |
| Telecoms | 6.2 |
| Industrials and support services | 4.5 |
| Consumer staples | 4.3 |
| Oil and gas | 4.2 |
| Pharma and healthcare | 3.8 |
| Mining | 3.3 |
| Financial services | 2.8 |
| Travel and leisure | 2.5 |
| Banks | 2.3 |
| Aerospace and defence | 2.2 |
| Media and technology | 1.3 |
| Retail | 0.7 |
| Housebuilders | −0.7 |
| Investment trusts | −1.3 |
| Utilities | −2.5 |
Biggest stories · the week to 25 October
| Story | Tone | Headlines |
|---|---|---|
| 5,000 jobs to go at Barclays as AI helps lower costsBarclays · BARC · 26 October | −0.4neutral | 59 |
| Rio Tinto commits $1.9bn to the Kangwinan bauxite projectRio Tinto · RIO · 26 October | +8.2strongly positive | 48 |
| Anglo American's copper production fell 5% in Q3 because of weather in ChileAnglo American · AAL · 26 October | −0.3neutral | 48 |
| Octus to be bought from Permira by LSEG for $3.5bnLondon Stock Exchange Group · LSEG · 26 October | +6.1strongly positive | 47 |
| HSBC's RedCoin stablecoin, tied to the Hong Kong dollar, arrives on PayMeHSBC · HSBA · 26 October | +5.9positive | 46 |
| FDA clears Hibsago, GSK's medicine for chronic hepatitis BGSK · GSK · 24 October | +10.0strongly positive | 45 |
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