FTSE 100 news tone · Monday 26 October 2026
FTSE 100 news overview: Monday 26 October 2026
News from the 24 hours to Monday morning, 26 October 2026. Every relevant headline about all 100 companies, read and scored for how good or bad it is for the company.
Market mood · 26 October
Average tone across the 63 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 26 Oct
Across every FTSE 100 company with relevant news that day, −10 to +10.
Average tone fell 1.4 points from 3.1 to 1.7 between 30 Sep and 26 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 |
| 26 Oct | 1.7 |
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 · 26 October · by headlines
AstraZeneca stomach cancer drug sone-ve doubles survivalstrongly positive · AZN · 15 headlines
Many outlets report CLARITY-Gastric01 data showing the drug doubled survival.
HSBC's RedCoin stablecoin, tied to the Hong Kong dollar, arrives on PayMepositive · HSBA · 11 headlines
Many outlets say HSBC is making RedCoin, a stablecoin denominated in HKD, available to 3.3 million people on PayMe.
5,000 jobs to go at Barclays as AI helps lower costsneutral · BARC · 9 headlines
Headlines say Barclays will shed 5,000 roles through AI, with Unite voicing criticism and the shares falling after third-quarter results.
Rio Tinto agrees farm-in at LCL's Liamu projectpositive · RIO · 8 headlines
Outlets report Rio agreed a farm-in for up to 80% of Liamu.
International Airlines Group: BA 777 has near miss with object near Heathrownegative · IAG · 8 headlines
Outlets report that a British Airways 777 narrowly avoided an object, likened to four toasters in size, after taking off from Heathrow.
AstraZeneca: Tagrisso with savolitinib gives better outcomes for lung cancer driven by METstrongly positive · AZN · 7 headlines
Outlets report SAFFRON results and plans for FDA approval.
All 100 companies · 26 October
Every company and sectorSectors · 26 October · average tone
Financial services had the best coverage and Investment trusts the worst
Average tone of each sector's companies with news, −10 to +10.
Financial services is the largest at 4.6, ahead of aerospace and defence (4.2). Investment trusts is the lowest at −3.0. 4 of the 16 are below zero.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| sector | Average tone |
|---|---|
| Financial services | 4.6 |
| Aerospace and defence | 4.2 |
| Real estate | 3.7 |
| Retail | 3.3 |
| Pharma and healthcare | 3.3 |
| Insurance | 2.4 |
| Oil and gas | 2.2 |
| Industrials and support services | 1.9 |
| Telecoms | 1.8 |
| Banks | 1.4 |
| Media and technology | 1.1 |
| Mining | 0.3 |
| Travel and leisure | −0.3 |
| Consumer staples | −0.4 |
| Utilities | −1.8 |
| Investment trusts | −3.0 |
Biggest stories · the week to 26 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 | +6.3strongly positive | 46 |
| 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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