December 21: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day: 0.35
Standard deviation : 1
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984: 6
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 206 in gold price percentage change performance, with an average negative change in gold price , since 1970, of -0.016 percent.
The day rankings for silver , platinum and paladium are
79 , 216 and 120 respectively.

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Avg. % change	-0.016	0.328	-0.034	0.061
Standard deviation % change	0.799	1.279	1.758	0.34
No. of times price has gone up	9	13	10	2
No. of times price has gone down	10	8	9	1

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

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Yahoo European Business
European Stocks Stuck in Neutral (Reuters)
Germany's '05 GDP Growth Outlook Lowered (AP)
City regulator plans to get tough with accounts in five industries (FT.com)
Bourses seen opening flat as volumes thin (FT.com)
Turkey cuts rates amid monetary policy revamp (FT.com)
Bullish FTSE 100 closes higher (AFP)
Euro zone records disappointing third-quarter growth, but still on track (Canadian Press)
EU shrugs off euro rise in new economic appraisal (AFP)
European stocks advance amid takeover speculation (AFP)
Europe Stocks Up on M&A; Bonds Up on Euro (Reuters)
A Strong Sterling -- And No Complaints (BusinessWeek Online)

BBC - On This Day
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1962: America to sell Polaris to Britain
President Kennedy and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan agree the UK will buy nuclear missiles from the US to form a multilateral Nato nuclear force.
2001: Terror alert as police seize cargo ship
Police storm a cargo ship in the English Channel after an intelligence tip-off.
1958: Easy victory for de Gaulle
General Charles de Gaulle is elected President of France with an overwhelming majority.
1977: Firemen jeer TUC's pay snub
The TUC General Council narrowly votes to reject firemen's demands for a public campaign against a 10% limit on wage increases.

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