FTSE 100 news tone · Tuesday 3 November 2026
FTSE 100 news overview: Tuesday 3 November 2026
News from the 24 hours to Tuesday morning, 3 November 2026. Every relevant headline about all 100 companies, read and scored for how good or bad it is for the company.
Market mood · 3 November
Average tone across the 81 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, 5 Oct to 3 Nov
Across every FTSE 100 company with relevant news that day, −10 to +10.
Average tone fell 0.2 points from 3.8 to 3.6 between 5 Oct and 3 Nov. Its high was 4.2 in 7 Oct.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| day | Average tone |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 3 Nov | 3.6 |
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 · 3 November · by headlines
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.
Tesco Christmas advert 2026 launchespositive · TSCO · 20 headlines
Coverage of Tesco's friendship-themed Christmas advert, its cast, and reaction, plus the Irish elf campaign.
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.
Teesside land bought by National Grid for large substation serving data centresstrongly positive · NG · 16 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.
HSBC's planned AI institute for Hong Kong is due in early 2027strongly positive · HSBA · 16 headlines
Numerous outlets report that HSBC will open an institute covering AI and emerging technology in Hong Kong with HKUST.
Marks & Spencer: Dubai Festival City will house M&S's biggest food store outside Britainstrongly positive · MKS · 15 headlines
Many news outlets say M&S, working with Al-Futtaim, will put its biggest non-UK foodhall at Dubai Festival City as one element of wider growth across the UAE.
All 100 companies · 3 November
Every company and sectorSectors · 3 November · average tone
Industrials and support services had the best coverage and Utilities the worst
Average tone of each sector's companies with news, −10 to +10.
Industrials and support services is the largest at 6.6, ahead of Retail (6.1). Utilities is the smallest at 0.6.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| sector | Average tone |
|---|---|
| Industrials and support services | 6.6 |
| Retail | 6.1 |
| Telecoms | 5.7 |
| Housebuilders | 4.8 |
| Insurance | 4.6 |
| Consumer staples | 4.5 |
| Financial services | 3.9 |
| Media and technology | 3.7 |
| Oil and gas | 3.6 |
| Real estate | 3.3 |
| Travel and leisure | 2.8 |
| Pharma and healthcare | 2.5 |
| Aerospace and defence | 2.0 |
| Banks | 1.8 |
| Mining | 1.1 |
| Utilities | 0.6 |
Biggest stories · the week to 3 November
| Story | Tone | Headlines |
|---|---|---|
| GSK reports third-quarter results, keeps 2026 outlook; shares fall on vaccinesGSK · GSK · 2 November | −2.7slightly negative | 85 |
| 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 |
| HSBC reports 32% third-quarter profit rise; shares fall on revenue missHSBC · HSBA · 31 October | −3.0negative | 71 |
| WPP Q3 trading update: revenue decline narrows, guidance heldWPP · WPP · 3 November | +4.1positive | 70 |
| Ahold Delhaize set to take over Tesco's operations in Czechia and SlovakiaTesco · TSCO · 3 November | +4.7positive | 67 |
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