November 22 - FTSE 100 indicators since 1984
Average percentage change for this day: -0.202
Standard deviation : 1.03
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984: 7
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984: 7

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Out of 366 days in a year (including leap years), today is ranked 94 in gold price percentage change performance, with an average positive change in gold price , since 1970, of 0.192 percent.
The day rankings for silver , platinum and paladium are
171 , 117 and 119 respectively.

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Avg. % change	0.192	0.055	0.189	0.062
No. of times price has gone up	15	12	11	2
No. of times price has gone down	6	10	7	2
Standard deviation % change	0.955	1.401	0.899	0.392

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

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Yahoo European Business
Oil and the dollar weigh on bourses (FT.com)
EU Farm Ministers to Take on Sugar Reform (AP)
Eurozone data to show sliding business confidence: economists (AFP)
French groups survive Ivory Coast exodus but small businesses hit (AFP)
Looking beyond currency row, US sees 'broad agreement'with EU on key issues (AFP)
Shares close lower as Wall St. slides on Fed comments (AFP)
EU blocks Portuguese gas and electricity merger: economy minister (AFP)
Weak dollar also has disadvantages for US: Eichel (AFP)
Dollar Rallies from Record Low Vs. Euro (Reuters)
No Fast Filler for a Deep Trade Hole (BusinessWeek Online)
Retailers see subdued start to Christmas period (AFP)

BBC - On This Day
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1997: Michael Hutchence found dead in hotel
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2003: England wins Rugby World Cup
England's rugby team wins the World Cup, beating Australia 20-17 in a nailbiting final in Sydney.
1995: Life sentence for Rosemary West
Britain's most prolific female serial killer, Rosemary West, is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 10 young women and girls.
1971: Six dead in Scottish mountain tragedy
Five teenagers and their female instructor die in one of Scotland's worst mountaineering accidents.

Wikipedia On This Day
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