FTSE 100 news tone · Saturday 31 October 2026
FTSE 100 news overview: Saturday 31 October 2026
News from the 24 hours to Saturday morning, 31 October 2026. Every relevant headline about all 100 companies, read and scored for how good or bad it is for the company.
Market mood · 31 October
Average tone across the 78 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, 2 Oct to 31 Oct
Across every FTSE 100 company with relevant news that day, −10 to +10.
Average tone rose 0.8 points from 2.1 to 2.9 between 2 Oct and 31 Oct. Its low was 1.6 in 20 Oct.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| day | Average tone |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 31 Oct | 2.9 |
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 · 31 October · by headlines
AstraZeneca Q3 results and $1.5bn savings planstrongly positive · AZN · 59 headlines
AstraZeneca reported 7% Q3 revenue growth, kept guidance, and launched a $1.5bn savings plan funding a $2bn pipeline investment; shares rose sharply.
Ahold Delhaize set to take over Tesco's operations in Czechia and Slovakiapositive · TSCO · 58 headlines
Tesco has agreed to dispose of its operations in Slovakia and the Czech Republic to Ahold Delhaize at an enterprise value of roughly €1.7bn, and plans to return most of the net cash proceeds to shareholders via a buyback.
NatWest reports third-quarter results; shares fall on income outlookslightly negative · NWG · 57 headlines
NatWest reported Q3 profit, reaffirmed its outlook, and shares dropped as higher impairments and the 2027 income outlook disappointed investors.
Airtel Africa reports half-year results with higher revenue, profit and interim dividendstrongly positive · AAF · 40 headlines
Airtel Africa reported half-year revenue up about 28% to $3.82bn and profit of $452m, with record margins, doubled capital spending and a 3.1 cent interim dividend.
BP reports third-quarter 2026 resultsstrongly positive · BP · 23 headlines
BP reported an $8.46bn third-quarter profit, beating forecasts, cutting net debt and declaring a dividend.
Government approves National Grid's Sea Link power linestrongly positive · NG · 13 headlines
The government has issued a Development Consent Order covering the 2GW Sea Link, which joins Suffolk with Kent.
All 100 companies · 31 October
Every company and sectorSectors · 31 October · average tone
Telecoms had the best coverage and Investment trusts the worst
Average tone of each sector's companies with news, −10 to +10.
Telecoms is the largest at 8.2, ahead of oil and gas (5.7). Investment trusts is the lowest at −9.4. 2 of the 17 are below zero.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| sector | Average tone |
|---|---|
| Telecoms | 8.2 |
| Oil and gas | 5.7 |
| Aerospace and defence | 5.7 |
| Travel and leisure | 4.4 |
| Insurance | 4.1 |
| Retail | 3.8 |
| Industrials and support services | 3.6 |
| Media and technology | 3.6 |
| Real estate | 3.1 |
| Consumer staples | 2.9 |
| Pharma and healthcare | 2.5 |
| Financial services | 2.4 |
| Utilities | 2.1 |
| Housebuilders | 1.8 |
| Banks | 0.8 |
| Mining | −1.9 |
| Investment trusts | −9.4 |
Biggest stories · the week to 31 October
| Story | Tone | Headlines |
|---|---|---|
| HSBC reports 32% third-quarter profit rise; shares fall on revenue missHSBC · HSBA · 31 October | −0.7neutral | 111 |
| GSK reports third-quarter results, keeps 2026 outlook; shares fall on vaccinesGSK · GSK · 31 October | −2.6slightly negative | 86 |
| 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 · 31 October | +8.0strongly positive | 71 |
| WPP Q3 trading update: revenue decline narrows, guidance heldWPP · WPP · 31 October | +4.3positive | 65 |
| AstraZeneca Q3 results and $1.5bn savings planAstraZeneca · AZN · 31 October | +7.0strongly positive | 59 |
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