FTSE 100 news tone · Saturday 7 November 2026
FTSE 100 news overview: Saturday 7 November 2026
News from the 24 hours to Saturday morning, 7 November 2026. Every relevant headline about all 100 companies, read and scored for how good or bad it is for the company.
Market mood · 7 November
Average tone across the 70 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, 9 Oct to 7 Nov
Across every FTSE 100 company with relevant news that day, −10 to +10.
Average tone rose 0.4 points from 2.4 to 2.8 between 9 Oct and 7 Nov. Its low was 1.6 in 20 Oct.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| day | Average tone |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 7 Nov | 2.8 |
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 · 7 November · by headlines
Marks & Spencer: James Norton stars in M&S's 2026 Christmas advertstrongly positive · MKS · 47 headlines
M&S launched its Christmas campaign 'The Home of Christmas', starring James Norton as Santa and Lucy Punch, with a Katherine Jenkins cover.
International Airlines Group: IAG reports third-quarter results with fuel costs weighing on profitstrongly negative · IAG · 26 headlines
Outlets report IAG's quarterly revenue rose while higher fuel costs cut profit, with lower 2026 capacity expected and the margin target held.
International Airlines Group: Aer Lingus Dublin-Rome service rerouted to French military base over bomb threatslightly negative · IAG · 19 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.
Diageo first-quarter sales rise and guidance heldslightly positive · DGE · 18 headlines
Diageo reported first-quarter organic net sales growth, beating expectations, with North America still down, and kept guidance.
National Grid reports half-year results and raises outlookslightly positive · NG · 13 headlines
National Grid reported higher half-year profit and record investment, raised EPS guidance and declared an interim dividend.
Scottish Mortgage reports half-year NAV return of 31.5%strongly positive · SMT · 12 headlines
Scottish Mortgage's NAV total return was 31.5% over the half year, with its SpaceX, Moderna and AI holdings the main drivers.
All 100 companies · 7 November
Every company and sectorSectors · 7 November · average tone
Utilities had the best coverage and Consumer staples the worst
Average tone of each sector's companies with news, −10 to +10.
Utilities is the largest at 6.7, ahead of aerospace and defence (6.0). Consumer staples is the lowest at −0.3.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| sector | Average tone |
|---|---|
| Utilities | 6.7 |
| Aerospace and defence | 6.0 |
| Retail | 5.0 |
| Oil and gas | 4.8 |
| Insurance | 4.0 |
| Housebuilders | 3.7 |
| Financial services | 2.7 |
| Telecoms | 2.5 |
| Industrials and support services | 2.4 |
| Banks | 2.1 |
| Mining | 1.6 |
| Media and technology | 1.5 |
| Travel and leisure | 1.5 |
| Real estate | 1.4 |
| Pharma and healthcare | 1.2 |
| Investment trusts | 0.1 |
| Consumer staples | −0.3 |
Biggest stories · the week to 7 November
| Story | Tone | Headlines |
|---|---|---|
| ABF full-year results: profit falls, lower 2027 guidance, Primark home deliveryAssociated British Foods · ABF · 7 November | −5.5negative | 75 |
| Diageo first-quarter sales rise and guidance heldDiageo · DGE · 7 November | +5.1positive | 69 |
| Aer Lingus Dublin-Rome service rerouted to French military base over bomb threatInternational Airlines Group · IAG · 7 November | −4.3negative | 64 |
| James Norton stars in M&S's 2026 Christmas advertMarks & Spencer · MKS · 7 November | +6.7strongly positive | 51 |
| National Grid reports half-year results and raises outlookNational Grid · NG · 7 November | +6.8strongly positive | 50 |
| Unilever sets savings target after investor eventUnilever · ULVR · 6 November | +4.1positive | 41 |
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