FTSE 100 news tone · Monday 2 November 2026
FTSE 100 news overview: Monday 2 November 2026
News from the 24 hours to Monday morning, 2 November 2026. Every relevant headline about all 100 companies, read and scored for how good or bad it is for the company.
Market mood · 2 November
Average tone across the 57 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, 4 Oct to 2 Nov
Across every FTSE 100 company with relevant news that day, −10 to +10.
Average tone rose 1.2 points from 1.8 to 3.0 between 4 Oct and 2 Nov. Its low was 1.6 in 20 Oct.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| day | Average tone |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1 Nov | 1.9 |
| 2 Nov | 3.0 |
Weekly note · 27 October – 2 November
FTSE 100 news sentiment: Standard Chartered, AstraZeneca and Computacenter lead a week when Haleon and Reckitt took the hits
Coverage of FTSE 100 companies stayed positive on average from Tuesday 27 October to Monday 2 November, though it softened midweek. Standard Chartered and AstraZeneca had the strongest run of news, while Reckitt, Informa and Haleon had the weakest.
Written by ScriptGrain from the week's stored scores, fact-checked.
Top stories · 2 November · by headlines
HSBC's planned AI institute for Hong Kong is due in early 2027strongly positive · HSBA · 30 headlines
Numerous outlets report that HSBC will open an institute covering AI and emerging technology in Hong Kong with HKUST.
Teesside land bought by National Grid for large substation serving data centresstrongly positive · NG · 27 headlines
Outlets report National Grid has acquired Teesworks land for what is described as Britain's largest substation, linked to data centre plans, with Balfour Beatty named as builder.
Tesco Christmas advert 2026 launchespositive · TSCO · 26 headlines
Coverage of Tesco's friendship-themed Christmas advert, its cast, and reaction, plus the Irish elf campaign.
Metlen and Shell agree LNG supply over five yearsstrongly positive · MTLN · 22 headlines
Metlen and Shell have agreed that Shell will supply LNG over five years, around six cargoes annually starting in 2027.
Sainsbury's Christmas advert brings back BFGpositive · SBRY · 21 headlines
Outlets cover Sainsbury's third BFG Christmas advert and the campaign behind it, alongside wider Christmas ad reviews.
Standard Chartered offers tokenised deposits to corporate clients in Hong Kongstrongly positive · STAN · 19 headlines
Many outlets report Standard Chartered launched 24/7 tokenised deposits for corporate clients in Hong Kong.
All 100 companies · 2 November
Every company and sectorSectors · 2 November · average tone
Oil and gas had the best coverage and Mining the worst
Average tone of each sector's companies with news, −10 to +10.
Oil and gas is the largest at 7.3, ahead of Retail (5.4). Mining is the lowest at −3.4.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| sector | Average tone |
|---|---|
| Oil and gas | 7.3 |
| Retail | 5.4 |
| Pharma and healthcare | 3.8 |
| Aerospace and defence | 3.7 |
| Travel and leisure | 3.7 |
| Industrials and support services | 3.5 |
| Banks | 3.4 |
| Utilities | 3.2 |
| Housebuilders | 3.0 |
| Media and technology | 2.2 |
| Real estate | 2.2 |
| Consumer staples | 2.0 |
| Telecoms | 1.9 |
| Insurance | 1.8 |
| Financial services | 0.5 |
| Mining | −3.4 |
Biggest stories · the week to 2 November
| 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 · 2 November | −2.5slightly negative | 87 |
| AstraZeneca Q3 results and $1.5bn savings planAstraZeneca · AZN · 3 November | +7.1strongly positive | 80 |
| NatWest reports third-quarter results; shares fall on income outlookNatWest Group · NWG · 3 November | −2.2slightly negative | 76 |
| easyJet signs up Starlink for aircraft Wi-Fi, with installation starting in 2027EasyJet · EZJ · 3 November | +7.8strongly positive | 75 |
| Aviva Investors puts £22bn sterling liquidity fund's tokenised class on XRP LedgerAviva · AV · 30 October | +6.1strongly positive | 71 |
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