November 18 - FTSE 100 indicators since 1984
Average percentage change for this day: -0.06
Standard deviation : 0.615
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984: 6
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984: 8

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Out of 366 days in a year (including leap years), today is ranked 150 in gold price percentage change performance, with an average positive change in gold price , since 1970, of 0.092 percent.
The day rankings for silver , platinum and paladium are
257 , 148 and 204 respectively.

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Avg. % change	0.092	-0.163	0.125	-0.034
No. of times price has gone up	11	10	11	3
No. of times price has gone down	8	14	8	2
Standard deviation % change	0.882	1.107	0.93	0.682

Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996

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Yahoo European Business
Shares close on bullish note as NY soars; Royal Sun, mmO2 up (AFP)
EU May Give Greece More Time for Cut (AP)
US'Snow cites "shared responsibility"to fight economic imbalances (AFP)
German Advisers See Growth Slowing in 2005 (AP)
British labour market takes turn for worse (AFP)
European Shares Shrug Off Record Euro (Reuters)
Markets Push Dollar to New Low Vs. Euro (AP)
German growth set to slow to 1.4 pct in 2005: 'Five Wise Men'(AFP)
Telecoms leads FTSE higher (FT.com)
EU battles over stability pact reform (AFP)
EU finance ministers tell Greece to control its public deficit (AFP)

BBC - On This Day
1978: Mass suicide leaves 900 dead
The bodies of 914 people, including 276 children, are found in Guyana in South America.
1987: King's Cross station fire 'kills 27'
Twenty seven people are dead after a fire at King's Cross station in central London.
1989: Protesters demand reform in Bulgaria
More than 50,000 people take to the streets of Sofia in Bulgaria demanding political reform.
1991: Church envoy Waite freed in Beirut
Church envoy Terry Waite is freed by the Islamic extremists who kidnapped him in Beirut in 1987.
1967: Moves to curb spread of foot-and-mouth
A ban on the movement of farm animals across the whole of England and Wales came into effect at midnight.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for November 18