๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom ยท Industry Week Ending: 2 October 2026

Aerospace & Defense

For the week ending 02 October 2026, Aerospace & Defense declined 2.20% with 3 advancing, 6 declining, and 0 unchanged constituents.

Index level
1,455.61
Index points ยท base 1,000
Weekly return
-2.20%
Measured companies
9
9 in the index universe
Weekly breadth
3 up / 6 down
0 unchanged
Weekly peer rank
15 of 15
Universe country-listed ยท Equity onlyPrice basis Adjusted weekly closeConstruction Capped equal-weight returns ยท Weekly rebuild
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156 completed weeks

Aerospace & Defense price and trend

Current architecture Deceleration 4 completed weeks in this state
Trend acceptance -1.0% Index versus Trend Line
Persistence 75% Negative regime, horizons divided
Participation 33% 3 advancing, 6 declining
Index Value Trend Line Fair Value Activity Lines Constructive Transition Defensive

Weekly index closes and the Trend Line. Dashed grey shows the latest Fair Value reference; it is not a historical forecast. Enable the other overlays for more detail.

Investor positioning lens

Is the evidence ready for capital?

A rules-based technical classification using trend, breadth, persistence, relative strength and path quality.

Current posture Reduce exposure into strength

Counter-trend rallies may occur, but primary structure and persistence do not yet support adding risk.

43 technical evidence
out of 100
Evidence balance

Five-pillar map

Reduce
Trend
58
Breadth
39
Persistence
40
Relative
4
Risk quality
75
What supports the view
  • No major confirming factor has secured control.
What restrains conviction
  • Index trend architecture has not delivered a durable upward expansion.
  • Breadth remains too narrow or inconsistent for a high-conviction position.
  • Constituent persistence remains divided or predominantly negative.
  • The group is not yet delivering dependable relative outperformance.
  • Activity Line energy is decelerating despite the positive Trend gate.
  • The index is extended well above current Fair Value, increasing chase risk.
  • Positive contribution is concentrated in a small leadership cohort.

This is a weekly research classification, not personal investment advice. Sentiment is reported as an independent confirmation layer and does not alter the technical score.

Trend state and durability

Architecture, persistence and constituent regimes

The index path is tested against the underlying security-level trend evidence.

Index architecture Deceleration

The positive Trend gate remains, but fan energy or fast-line momentum is cooling.

State age4 weeks
Trend gateUp
Fan width1.48%
Fast versus slow change-2.75 pts
Above 0% Below 33%
Six completed weeks of price acceptance relative to the full Activity Line fan.
Index persistence

Negative regime, horizons divided

75% agreement

The 52-week trend is negative, while shorter horizons remain mixed.

13-week
-4.6%
26-week
-0.4%
39-week
7.3%
52-week
-11.8%
Regime age4 weeks 52-week flips3 52-week boundary1651.06
Constituent trend persistence

Is the index move broadly durable?

100% coverage
Coherent positive11%
Coherent negative11%
Average horizon agreement67%
Positive horizon share47%
Weakening positives1
Repairing negatives3

9 constituents measured as of 2 Oct 2026. Median trend age is 6 weeks.

Custom stage map

Where constituents sit in the cycle

100% coverage
Stage 1 ยท Basing11%1 securities
Stage 2 ยท Advancing44%4 securities
Stage 3 ยท Distribution22%2 securities
Stage 4 ยท Declining22%2 securities
Re-acceleration watch0 Transition watch1 Relative strength leaders22% Fair Value repairs1

Measured as of 2 Oct 2026. Stages summarize price, Activity Line architecture, Fair Value position and relative evidence.

Architecture breadth

How market energy is distributed

76/100 mean confidence
Upward expansion
22% 2
Rotation up
0% 0
Deceleration
33% 3
Balance
22% 2
Rotation down
0% 0
Downward expansion
22% 2
Unresolved
0% 0

Architecture breadth shows the distribution of expanding, rotating, balancing and contracting securities. It is diagnostic context and is not added as a second vote in the positioning score.

Capital rotation

Performance relative to Industrials

Weakening
Relative index 13-week relative trend Starting level
Rotation dashboard Weakening

The relative index starts at 100. Above 100 means this group has outperformed Industrials since the first plotted date; below 100 means it has lagged. A rising line can show relative improvement even when both markets are falling.

Relative index155.9
13-week trend162.5
4-week trend change-0.79%
Weekly peer rank15 of 15
1 week
-2.5 pts relative
4 weeks
-2.7 pts relative
13 weeks
-7.5 pts relative
26 weeks
-11.4 pts relative
52 weeks
-13.1 pts relative

Market internals

Participation, dispersion and path risk

Equal-weight index evidence with constituent-level breadth and dispersion.

Breadth

Participation quality

Narrow
Advancing
3
Declining
6
Unchanged
0
4-week average 44%
13-week average 45%
Risk and persistence

Path quality

52-week lens
Annualised weekly volatility29.5%
Drawdown from 52-week high-11.1%
Positive weeks, last 1346%
Current directional run2 weeks
Turnover versus 13-week norm234%
Breadth impulse-13.0 pts
Cross-section

Return distribution

9 measured

Weekly returns across measured companies. Bars are scaled to the largest group; percentages show each groupโ€™s share.

Q1 -2.7% Median -1.2% Q3 0.3%
Average winner3.1%
Average loser-4.8%
Dispersion6.0 pts
Top-five upside share100%
Top-five capital share99%
Capital data coverage100%

Dispersion describes how far constituent outcomes are spreading apart. Capital concentration is contextual only; the index itself is equal weighted.

Momentum cycle

30-week price change

Index price change over 30 weeks, or the available history if shorter. Green above zero; red below.

Breadth cycle

Net participation

Advancers less decliners as a percentage of measured constituents.

Within the same sector

Where are returns broadly supported?

Compare the weekly result with the share of companies advancing.

โ†‘ Companies advancing ยท 50% marks half of measured companies

Mixed beneath declinesBroad gainsBroad declinesNarrow gains 123456789101112131415

โˆ’5.3%Weekly index return ยท zero at centre+5.3%

Compare return with participationHover or focus a marker for the full reading. Select it to open the report.

Markers show weekly return rank. Hover or focus for the name. Fine lines connect separated markers to their actual positions. Up, down and unchanged companies all count in participation.

Rank / IndustryWeekly returnAdvancing shareUp / downCompaniesWeek ending
1Rental & Leasing ServicesIndustrials5.32%63%5 / 282 Oct 2026
2Building Products & EquipmentIndustrials2.83%67%6 / 192 Oct 2026
3Pollution & Treatment ControlsIndustrials2.69%33%1 / 132 Oct 2026
4Staffing & Employment ServicesIndustrials1.71%50%5 / 2102 Oct 2026
5Marine ShippingIndustrials0.98%13%1 / 682 Oct 2026
6AirlinesIndustrials0.56%67%2 / 132 Oct 2026
7Electrical Equipment & PartsIndustrials0.35%42%5 / 6122 Oct 2026
8Consulting ServicesIndustrials0.03%58%7 / 4122 Oct 2026
9Engineering & ConstructionIndustrials-0.23%56%9 / 4162 Oct 2026
10ConglomeratesIndustrials-0.56%50%4 / 282 Oct 2026
11Security & Protection ServicesIndustrials-0.57%33%3 / 392 Oct 2026
12Specialty Industrial MachineryIndustrials-0.74%47%9 / 7192 Oct 2026
13Industrial DistributionIndustrials-1.01%56%5 / 492 Oct 2026
14Specialty Business ServicesIndustrials-1.10%20%4 / 12202 Oct 2026
15Aerospace & DefenseIndustrials-2.20%33%3 / 692 Oct 2026

United Kingdom ยท Weekly return relationships

Which markets move together?

Compare sectors and industries within United Kingdom over the same 52-week window. Strong positive relationships can mean that apparently different holdings share the same risk.

Sectors ยท average pair correlation0.49

Closest: Industrials and Technology (0.87; 52 weeks).

11 indexes ยท 55 qualifying pairs
Industries ยท average pair correlation0.23

Closest: Reit - Industrial and Reit - Retail (0.85; 52 weeks).

91 indexes ยท 4095 qualifying pairs

Pearson correlation of weekly percentage returns through 2 Oct 2026: +1 means moving together, 0 little linear relationship, โˆ’1 moving in opposite directions. Requires 39 matching observations for the 52-week comparison and 10 for the recent 13 weeks. Missing weeks are excluded, not filled with zero. Constant series have no defined correlation. These are local-currency, capped equal-weight indexes; sectors and their component industries overlap. A lower correlation does not establish a hedge.

Sector correlations compare broad business groups. Industry correlations reveal closer links within and across sectors. The selectors retain all qualified groups; the matrix shows the ten largest by company coverage.

News and narrative

Does company news confirm the market tape?

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Sentiment evidence is still developing

Qualified company-level news coverage is not yet broad enough to influence the group view.

0 qualified records across 9 measured constituents.

Leadership tape

Leaders, laggards and contribution shape

Latest completed week, ranked on uncapped constituent returns.

Constituent ledger

Industry constituents

All 9 measured constituents, ranked by latest weekly return.

Rank Ticker Company Exchange Market cap Close Index contribution Return
1 CHRT Cohort plc LSE 52.42B 1,206.00 0.50 pts
4.51%
2 AVON Avon Technologies Plc LSE 50.36B 1,882.00 0.49 pts
4.44%
3 SNR Senior plc LSE 121.95B 297.00 0.04 pts
0.34%
4 RR Rolls-Royce Holdings plc LSE 11.72T 1,477.20 -0.03 pts
-0.28%
5 CHG Chemring Group PLC LSE 143.93B 529.00 -0.13 pts
-1.21%
6 BA BAE Systems plc LSE 5.56T 1,921.00 -0.29 pts
-2.59%
7 QQ QinetiQ Group plc LSE 242.96B 476.00 -0.30 pts
-2.70%
8 VEL Velocity Composites plc LSE 1.07B 0.165 -0.63 pts
-5.71%
9 ALRT Defence Holdings PLC LSE 2.29B 0.0071 -1.84 pts
-16.57%

The index uses capped equal-weight weekly constituent returns. The ledger shows uncapped security returns so outliers remain visible for research.

Evidence context