FTSE 100 news tone · Friday 6 November 2026
FTSE 100 news overview: Friday 6 November 2026
News from the 24 hours to Friday morning, 6 November 2026. Every relevant headline about all 100 companies, read and scored for how good or bad it is for the company.
Market mood · 6 November
Average tone across the 91 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, 8 Oct to 6 Nov
Across every FTSE 100 company with relevant news that day, −10 to +10.
Average tone rose 0.1 points from 3.3 to 3.4 between 8 Oct and 6 Nov. Its low was 1.6 in 20 Oct.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| day | Average tone |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 6 Nov | 3.4 |
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 · 6 November · by headlines
Diageo first-quarter sales rise and guidance heldpositive · DGE · 51 headlines
Diageo reported first-quarter organic net sales growth, beating expectations, with North America still down, and kept guidance.
International Airlines Group: Aer Lingus service from Dublin to Rome redirected to French air base over bomb threatnegative · IAG · 45 headlines
Aer Lingus flight EI402 was sent to a French military base following a bomb threat, with passengers recounting the ordeal, fighter jets accompanying it and the captain's reported refusal to land being investigated.
National Grid reports half-year results and raises outlookstrongly positive · NG · 37 headlines
National Grid reported higher half-year profit and record investment, raised EPS guidance and declared an interim dividend.
BT reports half-year results and holds outlookstrongly positive · BT.A · 25 headlines
Reports cover BT's half-year results with profit up, first revenue growth in 2.5 years, higher dividend and reconfirmed targets.
Rio Tinto approves $144m for Resolution Copperpositive · RIO · 23 headlines
Rio Tinto approved $144m of investment in Arizona's Resolution Copper project, and its shares were reported lower.
Autotrader half-year results: profit and revenue dip, EPS up 5%neutral · AUTO · 20 headlines
Autotrader reported lower H1 profit and revenue, 5% EPS growth, a raised interim dividend, £330m returns and unchanged guidance.
All 100 companies · 6 November
Every company and sectorSectors · 6 November · average tone
Telecoms had the best coverage and Pharma and healthcare the worst
Average tone of each sector's companies with news, −10 to +10.
Telecoms is the largest at 7.7, ahead of investment trusts (6.3). Pharma and healthcare is the smallest at 0.4.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| sector | Average tone |
|---|---|
| Telecoms | 7.7 |
| Investment trusts | 6.3 |
| Financial services | 6.0 |
| Consumer staples | 4.4 |
| Retail | 4.4 |
| Banks | 4.0 |
| Utilities | 3.7 |
| Industrials and support services | 3.6 |
| Media and technology | 3.1 |
| Aerospace and defence | 3.1 |
| Mining | 2.6 |
| Real estate | 2.5 |
| Insurance | 2.1 |
| Housebuilders | 1.8 |
| Travel and leisure | 1.7 |
| Oil and gas | 1.1 |
| Pharma and healthcare | 0.4 |
Biggest stories · the week to 6 November
| Story | Tone | Headlines |
|---|---|---|
| NatWest third-quarter results and analyst reactionNatWest Group · NWG · 6 November | −1.8slightly negative | 90 |
| AstraZeneca Q3 results and $1.5bn savings planAstraZeneca · AZN · 5 November | +7.1strongly positive | 88 |
| 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 |
| Airtel Africa reports half-year results with higher revenue, profit and interim dividendAirtel Africa · AAF · 6 November | +8.6strongly positive | 64 |
| Diageo first-quarter sales rise and guidance heldDiageo · DGE · 6 November | +5.8positive | 51 |
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