Finance and macro in the last 24 hours.
674 articles from 76 domains, grouped into 660 stories; 8 of them were covered by 2+ domains. Most are about Earnings and companies. Updated Nov 8, 11:00 AM UTC.
What is being written about
Colour shows tone, positive minus negative coverage in points: red from −50 to −8 is more negative, grey between −8 and +8 is about even, green from +8 to +50 is more positive. A dashed tile has too few rated articles.
Size = number of stories · ▲▼ = change in share vs previous 24h
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Tone ≠ price forecast. Not investment advice.
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Finance news tone today
According to Sonar, the finance news tone index for the 24 hours to November 8, 2026, 11:00 UTC is 52/100 (neutral): 28% of rated articles positive, 26% negative, based on 674 articles from 76 domains. In the last 24 hours Sonar grouped 660 stories about finance and the economy from 76 domains. The usual level is 53, so today reads about as usual. The largest topics by share of stories: earnings and companies (41%), stocks (36%) and budgets, taxes and trade (26%).
How the index is calculated
A model rates the tone of every article, and the index is the gap between the positive and negative shares, put on a 0 to 100 scale: 50 means they balance, and neutral articles are left out. The usual level is the mean daily index over the last 30 days. More in the methodology
How the media write about finance and macro →
Topics in finance news
- Earnings and companies — 41% of stories, index 61 (positive)
- Stocks — 36% of stories, index 58 (positive)
- Budgets, taxes and trade — 26% of stories, index 30 (negative)
- Economy and growth — 23% of stories, index 54 (neutral)
- Commodities and energy — 14% of stories, index 42 (negative)
- Banks and credit — 13% of stories, index 31 (negative)
What Sonar is
Sonar reads 165 markets desks, wires and central banks, merges reprints into stories and rates their tone for markets: bullish news, bearish news and neutral reporting.