December 14 - FTSE 100 indicators since 1984
Average percentage change for this day: -0.099
Standard deviation : 0.753
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 54 in gold price percentage change performance, with an average positive change in gold price , since 1970, of 0.298 percent.
The day rankings for silver , platinum and paladium are
131 , 133 and 86 respectively.

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Avg. % change	0.298	0.167	0.147	0.128
No. of times price has gone up	13	10	10	2
No. of times price has gone down	5	11	7	2
Standard deviation % change	0.834	1.452	1.514	1.269

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

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Yahoo European Business
European Shares at New 29-Month Highs (Reuters)
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Inflation and growth on target, but deficit a problem for Turkey's economy (AFP)
Germany to escape EU excessive deficit procedure: reports (AFP)
London shares up amid volatility on mixed US data (AFP)
Putin "pleased"if Ukraine joins EU (AFP)
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European stocks climb after late US rally (AFP)
Bank of England keeps interest rates steady, as expected (AFP)
Shares end lower as miners weigh, Standard Chartered disappoints (AFP)

BBC - On This Day
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Leaders of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia sign the Dayton Accord in Paris to end the Balkan civil war after more than three years of bitter conflict.
2003: Saddam Hussein captured
The ousted President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, is under arrest after being found by US soldiers hiding in a cellar.
1984: Court fines Scargill for obstruction
Miners' leader Arthur Scargill is found guilty of obstruction during a picket at a Yorkshire coal works earlier this year.
1959: Makarios elected president of Cyprus
Archbishop Makarios is elected the first president of the future Cyprus Republic.
1978: Labour faces vote of confidence
Prime Minister James Callaghan challenges MPs to decide if his government should be forced to hold an early general election following heated debates on the economy.
1955: Gaitskell elected Labour leader
The Labour party elects Hugh Gaitskell as its new leader to succeed Clement Attlee.
1962: 'Music of spheres' hails first Venus fly-by
The unmanned spacecraft, Mariner 2, makes the first ever fly-by of the planet Venus and sends back radio signals over tens of millions of miles of space.

Wikipedia On This Day
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