Shares that like October
The following table lists the five FTSE 350 shares that have the best returns in October over the last ten years. For example, Diageo has an average return of 3.6% for the month of October. Each stock has risen in at least eight of the past ten years in October – Diageo is the only stock in the FTSE 350 whose shares have risen every October in the past ten years.
| Company | TIDM | Avg(%) |
| Diageo | DGE | 3.6 |
| Restaurant Group (The) | RTN | 3.3 |
| easyJet | EZJ | 11.6 |
| Brewin Dolphin Holdings | BRW | 6.4 |
| Tate & Lyle | TATE | 4.8 |
Shares that dislike October
The following table lists the three FTSE 350 shares that have the worst returns in October over the last ten years. For example, Grainger has an average return of -8.3% for the month of October. All three stocks have fallen in eight of the past ten years in October.
| Company | TIDM | Avg(%) |
| Grainger | GRI | -8.3 |
| Dialight | DIA | -3.0 |
| Worldwide Healthcare Trust | WWH | -1.8 |
An equally-weighted portfolio of the above strong October stocks would have out-performed an equally-weighted portfolio of the above weak October stocks by an average of 10.3 percentage points in October for the past ten years.
