November 24 - FTSE 100 indicators since 1984
Average percentage change for this day: 0.259
Standard deviation : 0.889
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984: 4
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984: 9

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Out of 366 days in a year (including leap years), today is ranked 158 in gold price percentage change performance, with an average positive change in gold price , since 1970, of 0.075 percent.
The day rankings for silver , platinum and paladium are
136 , 165 and 311 respectively.

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Avg. % change	0.075	0.153	0.08	-0.3
No. of times price has gone up	11	12	10	0
No. of times price has gone down	10	11	10	4
Standard deviation % change	0.657	1.628	0.835	0.749

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

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Yahoo European Business
German inflation set to slow in November (AFP)
Bourses close off highs as merger heat cools (FT.com)
Shares end off session highs as Wall Street slips (AFP)
New EU Trade Chief Urges Effort on Accord (AP)
European stocks ride coat tails of Wall Street (AFP)
BHP buyback boosts FTSE (FT.com)
London shares close weaker, off session lows; Wall St lower (AFP)
Germany risks breaching stability pact rules again in 2005: Bundesbank (AFP)
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)

BBC - On This Day
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1991: Giant of rock dies
Freddie Mercury dies aged 45, just one day after he publicly admitted he was HIV positive.
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Under new proposals hereditary peers will lose their right to sit and vote in the UK Parliament's upper chamber.

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