FTSE 100 news tone · Friday 13 November 2026
FTSE 100 news overview: Friday 13 November 2026
News from the 24 hours to Friday morning, 13 November 2026. Every relevant headline about all 100 companies, read and scored for how good or bad it is for the company.
Market mood · 13 November
Average tone across the 86 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, 15 Oct to 13 Nov
Across every FTSE 100 company with relevant news that day, −10 to +10.
Average tone fell 0.1 points from 3.3 to 3.2 between 15 Oct and 13 Nov. Its high was 4.1 in 22 Oct.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| day | Average tone |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 8 Nov | 2.1 |
| 9 Nov | 1.9 |
| 10 Nov | 2.7 |
| 11 Nov | 1.8 |
| 12 Nov | 2.8 |
| 13 Nov | 3.2 |
Weekly note · 3 November – 9 November
FTSE 100 news tone stayed positive all week but faded from Tuesday to Monday
Coverage of FTSE 100 companies leaned positive between Tuesday 3 November and Monday 9 November, though the daily average slipped from +3.6 to +1.9 over the seven days. M&G, Metlen Energy & Metals and Next plc had the best coverage, while Haleon had by far the worst. These are scores of the news about each company, not of the shares.
Written by ScriptGrain from the week's stored scores, fact-checked.
Top stories · 13 November · by headlines
Burberry reports half-year profit rise and fifth straight growth quarterstrongly positive · BRBY · 57 headlines
Burberry reported higher half-year sales and a return to profit, with shares jumping around 10%.
Endeavour reports Q3 results, flags Mana output hit and approves Assafouneutral · EDV · 40 headlines
Endeavour reported record free cash flow and Q3 results, warned of lower output from Mana stoppages, and approved the $1.2bn Assafou project; shares fell.
BAE Systems now guides to about £3bn of free cash flow in 2026, higher than beforestrongly positive · BA · 29 headlines
Headlines report BAE's November trading update, with a higher cash flow forecast of about £3bn and order intake of £33bn, plus broker reaction.
3i reports half-year return and launches £750m buybackstrongly positive · III · 24 headlines
3i's half-year results show a £1.6bn return, higher dividend and a second £750m buyback.
United Utilities reports half-year results and raises investmentstrongly positive · UU · 19 headlines
Outlets report higher interim revenue and profit, investment above £2bn, raised capex guidance and an interim dividend.
Rolls-Royce accelerates buybacks and holds 2026 profit guidancestrongly positive · RR · 12 headlines
Rolls-Royce's trading update brought forward share buyback phasing with £1.5bn and kept 2026 profit guidance of £4.7bn to £4.9bn.
All 100 companies · 13 November
Every company and sectorSectors · 13 November · average tone
Housebuilders had the best coverage and Mining the worst
Average tone of each sector's companies with news, −10 to +10.
Housebuilders is the largest at 7.5, ahead of aerospace and defence (6.1). Mining is the lowest at −1.2.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| sector | Average tone |
|---|---|
| Housebuilders | 7.5 |
| Aerospace and defence | 6.1 |
| Financial services | 5.8 |
| Utilities | 5.6 |
| Retail | 5.4 |
| Insurance | 4.6 |
| Banks | 4.4 |
| Telecoms | 4.1 |
| Media and technology | 3.5 |
| Travel and leisure | 3.1 |
| Industrials and support services | 3.1 |
| Real estate | 1.7 |
| Pharma and healthcare | 1.0 |
| Investment trusts | 0.7 |
| Consumer staples | 0.6 |
| Oil and gas | 0.3 |
| Mining | −1.2 |
Biggest stories · the week to 13 November
| Story | Tone | Headlines |
|---|---|---|
| Vodafone raises full-year guidance after first-half loss and 3,000 job cutsVodafone Group · VOD · 13 November | +2.5slightly positive | 69 |
| Reviews of the 2026 Christmas advertsMarks & Spencer · MKS · 13 November | +6.3strongly positive | 60 |
| Burberry reports half-year profit rise and fifth straight growth quarterBurberry Group · BRBY · 13 November | +10.0strongly positive | 57 |
| UK regulator CMA raises competition worries about McCormick's Unilever Foods dealUnilever · ULVR · 13 November | −4.9negative | 53 |
| Shareholders vote for Apollo's £5.7bn easyJet takeoverEasyJet · EZJ · 13 November | +6.8strongly positive | 43 |
| Endeavour reports Q3 results, flags Mana output hit and approves AssafouEndeavour Mining · EDV · 13 November | −0.8neutral | 40 |
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