December 22: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day: 0.302
Standard deviation : 0.536
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984: 5
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984: 8

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Out of 366 days in a year (including leap years), today is ranked 103 in gold price percentage change performance, with an average positive change in gold price , since 1970, of 0.18 percent.
The day rankings for silver , platinum and paladium are
298 , 319 and 56 respectively.

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Avg. % change	0.18	-0.286	-0.3	0.215
Standard deviation % change	0.669	1.112	1.1	0.86
No. of times price has gone up	11	8	8	3
No. of times price has gone down	9	15	12	2

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

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Yahoo European Business
Tech Shares, NY Gains Lift Europe Stocks (Reuters)
A Different Look at iShares (The Motley Fool)
FTSE 100 ends higher lifted by mining shares (AFP)
Dollar Mostly Firmer, Gains on Sterling (Reuters)
German research institute lowers country's GDP growth outlook for 2005 (Canadian Press)
European stocks drift into pre-Christmas slumber (AFP)
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)

BBC - On This Day
1972: Survivors found 10 weeks after plane crash
The Chilean Air Force finds 14 survivors two months after their plane crashed in the Andes.
1989: Brandenburg Gate re-opens
Berlin's most famous landmark, the Brandenburg Gate, opens for the first time in nearly 30 years.
1974: Heath's home is bombed
Terrorists bomb the home of the Conservative leader and former Prime Minister Edward Heath.
2000: Madonna weds her Guy
The American superstar marries British film maker Guy Ritchie at an exclusive ceremony in a Scottish castle hours after their son is christened.
2003: Hostages freed by Colombian rebels
Guerrillas in Colombia release the Briton Mark Henderson and four Israelis who were kidnapped in September.
1997: BSE inquiry to be 'far-reaching'
An independent inquiry into the BSE "disaster"and the devastation it wreaked on British farming is announced.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for December 22