UK Stock Market Almanac

Thursday, December 16, 2004

December 16 - FTSE 100 indicators since 1984
Average percentage change for this day: 0.742
Standard deviation : 0.844
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984: 3
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984: 11


Out of 366 days in a year (including leap years), today is ranked 302 in gold price percentage change performance, with an average negative change in gold price , since 1970, of -0.205 percent.
The day rankings for silver , platinum and paladium are
336 , 364 and 245 respectively.



Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Avg. % change-0.205-0.514-0.797-0.108
No. of times price has gone up10 11102
No. of times price has gone down912 104
Standard deviation % change1.1372.542.4741.295
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
London opens with gains on bid flurry (FT.com)
ABN AMRO Leads European Shares Higher (Reuters)
Leading shares pare gains as Wall St. turns lower on weak oil stocks (AFP)
German Regulators Investigating Citigroup (AP)
Global Markets: European Stocks Rise (Reuters)
European stocks cheered by Fed comments (AFP)
France and Germany escape EU deficit doghouse (AFP)
Europe Jittery on Turkish Membership (AP)
Iran, Europeans Launch Nuclear Talks Seeking Trust (Reuters)
Inflation and growth on target, but deficit a problem for Turkey's economy (AFP)
London shares up amid volatility on mixed US data (AFP)

BBC - On This Day
1984: Gorbachev visit to Britain a 'success'
Mikhail Gorbachev, the man widely tipped as the next leader of the Soviet Union, holds five hours of talks with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
1969: MPs vote to abolish hanging
MPs vote by a big majority for the permanent abolition of the death penalty for murder.
1955: Queen opens London Airport terminal
Her Majesty inaugurates "The Queen's Building", part of the new central terminal area built to accommodate increasing numbers of air passengers.
2001: Thousands rally for Scots countryside
Thousands of countryside campaigners are on the streets of Edinburgh in the largest demonstration of its kind ever witnessed in Scotland.
1977: Queen opens 'tube' link to Heathrow
The Queen unveils the new underground link from central London to Heathrow - the first from a capital city to its major airport.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for December 16

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