November 9 - FTSE 100 indicators since 1984
Average percentage change for this day: -0.288
Standard deviation : 1.107
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984: 7
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984: 6

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Out of 366 days in a year (including leap years), today is ranked 73 in gold price percentage change performance, with an average positive change in gold price , since 1970, of 0.233 percent.
The day rankings for silver , platinum and paladium are
327 , 145 and 175 respectively.

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Avg. % change	0.233	-0.443	0.127	-0.015
No. of times price has gone up	14	6	11	1
No. of times price has gone down	6	16	8	2
Standard deviation % change	0.434	0.805	1.486	0.225

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

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Yahoo European Business
Bourses set to open flat (FT.com)
Dollar Boosted by Trichet Comments (Reuters)
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Mandelson warns EU to reform economy or fall (AFP)
India takes first steps to partnership with EU (Reuters)
Commentary: And Europe Thinks The U.S. Is A Mess? (BusinessWeek Online)
EU dragging its feet over economic reform: CBI chief (AFP)
BT, Weaker Dollar Weigh on Euro Shares (Reuters)
Producer price data to be 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)

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