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Get live United Kingdom data with ProOver the last 90 days, Chemicals shows 5 positive, 1 neutral and 1 negative news signals across its constituents. The auto-generated sector insight (top drivers with direction + rationale) appears here once the analysis worker has processed enough items.
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How news sentiment on the Chemicals sector has built up over time. Each bar sums the direction of every story TradeTidings published in the period, weighted by how influential we rated it, not just a plain count, so a single high-influence negative story can outweigh several small positive ones. Hover a bar for its exact figures, or click one to filter the stories below to that period. Our own original analysis, not a copied index or a price chart, and not a prediction.
The most recent stories affecting Chemicals, across all of our coverage.
Croda International reported first-half 2026 revenue of £880.5m, and the specialty chemicals maker's margin and volume detail will drive how the market reads the result.
Johnson Matthey's reported £1.3 billion sale of its Catalyst Technologies division is progressing, with legal advisers now confirmed on a deal that would reshape the group around a smaller core.
Johnson Matthey has agreed to buy Cormetech, adding industrial emissions control technology to its Clean Air division and reducing its reliance on car production volumes.
Honeywell has completed its acquisition of Johnson Matthey's Catalyst Technologies business, a major step in the group's strategic simplification and a source of fresh cash proceeds.
Johnson Matthey is acquiring US emissions control specialist Cormetech, expanding its catalyst technology into the fast growing market for gas turbine power plants built to supply data centres.
Specialty chemicals firm Johnson Matthey has received Chinese regulatory approval for the sale of its Clean Air business, marking a significant step in its strategic divestment plan.
Associated British Foods has cautioned that its sugar division will face further losses due to rising natural gas prices, attributed to the ongoing conflict in Iran, impacting its energy-intensive operations and highlighting broader cost pressures for other UK-listed companies.
