FTSE 100 news tone · Thursday 5 November 2026
FTSE 100 news overview: Thursday 5 November 2026
News from the 24 hours to Thursday morning, 5 November 2026. Every relevant headline about all 100 companies, read and scored for how good or bad it is for the company.
Market mood · 5 November
Average tone across the 84 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, 7 Oct to 5 Nov
Across every FTSE 100 company with relevant news that day, −10 to +10.
Average tone fell 0.7 points from 4.2 to 3.5 between 7 Oct and 5 Nov. Its low was 1.6 in 20 Oct.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| day | Average tone |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 4 Nov | 2.5 |
| 5 Nov | 3.5 |
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 · 5 November · by headlines
Marks & Spencer: M&S reports half-year results with profit more than doublingstrongly positive · MKS · 26 headlines
Reports put M&S half-year sales 16.2% higher and adjusted profit at £403.2m, with food leading and fashion recovering from last year's cyber incident.
Barratt Redrow reports lower completions and softer reservations, keeps guidancenegative · BTRW · 24 headlines
Trading update shows home completions down 12% and softer private reservations amid affordability pressure, with full-year guidance maintained.
Unilever invests in science and technology capabilities in Indiapositive · ULVR · 17 headlines
Numerous outlets cover Unilever's €35m spend on its research hubs in India, together with a bio-futures partnership.
Marks & Spencer: M&S chief criticises Budget and tax costsneutral · MKS · 16 headlines
Stuart Machin dismissed the Budget as amounting to nothing and accused Labour of a major tax grab amid higher costs.
Coca-Cola HBC increases its 2026 revenue guidance after Q3strongly positive · CCH · 15 headlines
Outlets report Coca-Cola HBC's Q3 trading update, raised revenue outlook and earnings call.
Smith & Nephew lowers 2026 guidance and ends talks with J&Jnegative · SN · 15 headlines
Smith & Nephew reported $1.55bn in revenue for the third quarter, lowered its expectations for the whole year because its US orthopaedics business was softer, and ended discussions with J&J about a merger.
All 100 companies · 5 November
Every company and sectorSectors · 5 November · average tone
Retail had the best coverage and Housebuilders the worst
Average tone of each sector's companies with news, −10 to +10.
Retail is the largest at 5.9, ahead of consumer staples (4.5). Housebuilders is the lowest at −1.5. 2 of the 17 are below zero.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| sector | Average tone |
|---|---|
| Retail | 5.9 |
| Consumer staples | 4.5 |
| Telecoms | 4.5 |
| Aerospace and defence | 4.1 |
| Travel and leisure | 4.0 |
| Banks | 3.9 |
| Media and technology | 3.7 |
| Insurance | 3.6 |
| Utilities | 3.6 |
| Oil and gas | 3.6 |
| Financial services | 3.3 |
| Industrials and support services | 3.2 |
| Real estate | 3.2 |
| Investment trusts | 3.0 |
| Mining | 2.6 |
| Pharma and healthcare | −0.1 |
| Housebuilders | −1.5 |
Biggest stories · the week to 5 November
| Story | Tone | Headlines |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca Q3 results and $1.5bn savings planAstraZeneca · AZN · 5 November | +7.1strongly positive | 88 |
| NatWest third-quarter results and analyst reactionNatWest Group · NWG · 5 November | −2.0slightly negative | 86 |
| ABF full-year results: profit falls, lower 2027 guidance, Primark home deliveryAssociated British Foods · ABF · 5 November | −5.5negative | 73 |
| Ahold Delhaize set to take over Tesco's operations in Czechia and SlovakiaTesco · TSCO · 5 November | +4.6positive | 72 |
| WPP Q3 trading update: revenue decline narrows, guidance heldWPP · WPP · 3 November | +4.1positive | 70 |
| Airtel Africa reports half-year results with higher revenue, profit and interim dividendAirtel Africa · AAF · 5 November | +8.5strongly positive | 62 |
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