November 7 - FTSE 100 indicators since 1984
Average percentage change for this day: -0.222
Standard deviation : 0.813
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984: 8
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 113 in gold price percentage change performance, with an average positive change in gold price , since 1970, of 0.163 percent.
The day rankings for silver , platinum and paladium are
91 , 256 and 171 respectively.

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Avg. % change	0.163	0.293	-0.105	-0.011
No. of times price has gone up	13	16	9	2
No. of times price has gone down	8	8	8	3
Standard deviation % change	1.369	1.958	1.493	0.541

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

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Yahoo European Business
Producer price data released this week (AFP)
Allawi Appeals to Europe for More Help (AP)
Shares end higher but off peaks as oil price offsets US data (AFP)
Chirac Worried About Weakness of Dollar (AP)
European stocks lifted by fall in oil prices (AFP)
Euro Stocks Rally After Strong U.S. Data (Reuters)
Weak industrial output weighs on British growth (AFP)
Dollar Struggles Before U.S. Jobs Report (Reuters)
FTSE gains after crude slides (FT.com)
London shares close higher; solid NY, rally in oils offset Man losses (AFP)
Germany unveils measures to fill public finance deficit (AFP)

BBC - On This Day
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1984: Four more years for Reagan
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1956: Eisenhower re-elected with record vote
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1998: Oldest astronaut back on Earth
Senator John Glenn, the world's oldest astronaut, lands back on Earth after his historic nine-day mission.
2001: Billionaire mayor for New York
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Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for November 7