FTSE 100 news tone · Friday 30 October 2026
FTSE 100 news overview: Friday 30 October 2026
News from the 24 hours to Friday morning, 30 October 2026. Every relevant headline about all 100 companies, read and scored for how good or bad it is for the company.
Market mood · 30 October
Average tone across the 85 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, 1 Oct to 30 Oct
Across every FTSE 100 company with relevant news that day, −10 to +10.
Average tone fell 0.5 points from 3.6 to 3.1 between 1 Oct and 30 Oct. Its high was 4.2 in 7 Oct.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| day | Average tone |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 27 Oct | 3.2 |
| 28 Oct | 2.1 |
| 29 Oct | 2.9 |
| 30 Oct | 3.1 |
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 · 30 October · by headlines
WPP Q3 trading update: revenue decline narrows, guidance heldpositive · WPP · 63 headlines
Outlets report WPP's Q3 revenue of £3.27bn, a narrower decline, media returning to growth, India growth and unchanged 2026 guidance.
Haleon lowers its 2026 growth outlook following soft third quarterstrongly negative · HLN · 50 headlines
Haleon posted third-quarter growth of 2.6% and lowered its full-year organic growth outlook to around 2.5%, citing weak demand in the cold and flu category and disruption in China, and its shares dropped steeply.
Lloyds reports nine-month profit of £6.6bn and keeps guidanceslightly positive · LLOY · 28 headlines
Outlets report Q3 results with 42% higher nine-month profit, steady guidance, a further buyback and the earnings call, with mixed share reaction.
Glencore Q3 2026 production reportslightly positive · GLEN · 26 headlines
Glencore's third-quarter update, as covered by several outlets, shows higher copper output, full-year guidance retained at the low end and marketing EBIT expected above $5bn.
Shell reports third-quarter 2026 results with $5bn buybackstrongly positive · SHEL · 24 headlines
Shell published third-quarter results with profit above forecasts, record refining results and a $5bn buyback, and shares rose to a record.
St. James's Place: Third-quarter net inflows of £570m at St James's Place, alongside record fundsnegative · STJ · 20 headlines
Outlets report lower third-quarter net inflows of £570m alongside record funds under management of £242.4bn, with shares falling and Budget uncertainty cited.
All 100 companies · 30 October
Every company and sectorSectors · 30 October · average tone
Travel and leisure had the best coverage and Pharma and healthcare the worst
Average tone of each sector's companies with news, −10 to +10.
Travel and leisure is the largest at 5.4, ahead of Retail (4.6). Pharma and healthcare is the lowest at −0.8.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| sector | Average tone |
|---|---|
| Travel and leisure | 5.4 |
| Retail | 4.6 |
| Insurance | 4.4 |
| Industrials and support services | 4.3 |
| Investment trusts | 4.2 |
| Real estate | 4.1 |
| Aerospace and defence | 4.0 |
| Media and technology | 3.7 |
| Oil and gas | 2.8 |
| Banks | 2.7 |
| Financial services | 2.3 |
| Consumer staples | 2.3 |
| Telecoms | 2.1 |
| Mining | 1.3 |
| Housebuilders | 0.8 |
| Utilities | 0.7 |
| Pharma and healthcare | −0.8 |
Biggest stories · the week to 30 October
| Story | Tone | Headlines |
|---|---|---|
| HSBC reports 32% third-quarter profit rise; shares fall on revenue missHSBC · HSBA · 30 October | −0.8neutral | 109 |
| GSK reports third-quarter results, keeps 2026 outlook; shares fall on vaccinesGSK · GSK · 30 October | −2.9slightly negative | 82 |
| Aviva Investors puts £22bn sterling liquidity fund's tokenised class on XRP LedgerAviva · AV · 30 October | +6.1strongly positive | 73 |
| easyJet signs up Starlink for aircraft Wi-Fi, with installation starting in 2027EasyJet · EZJ · 30 October | +8.0strongly positive | 68 |
| WPP Q3 trading update: revenue decline narrows, guidance heldWPP · WPP · 30 October | +4.3positive | 63 |
| Standard Chartered sets higher 2026 income target following better-than-forecast Q3 profitStandard Chartered · STAN · 30 October | +10.0strongly positive | 57 |
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