UK Stock Market Almanac

Friday, December 10, 2004

December 10 - FTSE 100 indicators since 1984
Average percentage change for this day: -0.303
Standard deviation : 0.745
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984: 12
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984: 3


Out of 366 days in a year (including leap years), today is ranked 299 in gold price percentage change performance, with an average negative change in gold price , since 1970, of -0.188 percent.
The day rankings for silver , platinum and paladium are
238 , 199 and 42 respectively.



Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Avg. % change-0.188-0.12600.268
No. of times price has gone up9 1074
No. of times price has gone down1013 103
Standard deviation % change1.182.360.7691.106
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
European stocks climb after late US rally (AFP)
European Shares Open Higher (Reuters)
London shares end lower as Wall Street slips again (AFP)
Bank of England keeps interest rates steady, as expected (AFP)
U.S. Stocks, Dollar, Oil Rise, Bonds Slip (Reuters)
Shares end lower as miners weigh, Standard Chartered disappoints (AFP)
Brown pledges 'new Marshall Plan'for developing world (AFP)
Bank of England policymakers meet; no change seen on interest rates (AFP)
European stocks dragged down by Wall Street correction (AFP)
Dollar gets no help from talk, sinks to fresh low (AFP)
Euro soars to fresh highs against dollar, investors ignore Euro group fears (AFP)

BBC - On This Day
1988: Death toll rises in Armenian earthquake
Up to 45,000 people die and a further 500,000 are homeless after the devastating earthquake which ripped through Armenia, official figures reveal today.
1990: Iraq frees British hostages
The first of the hostages held in the Gulf for four and a half months have arrived in Britain after their release by Saddam Hussein.
2003: Mother cleared of murdering babies
The Court of Appeal has quashed the conviction of Angela Cannings, jailed for life for the murder of her two baby sons.
1981: Mystery disease kills homosexuals
Mystery disease is causing increasing concern among medical practitioners in the United States.
1961: Apartheid attacked at Nobel ceremony
Alfred Luthuli, leader of the banned African National Congress, attacks South Africa's regime as he receives the Nobel peace prize.
1979: Daredevil Kidd's 80ft river jump
Stuntman Eddie Kidd has accomplished a "death-defying"motorcycle leap.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for December 10

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