UK Stock Market Almanac

Thursday, December 23, 2004

December 23: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.468 %
Standard deviation0.607
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19843
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 198411


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)138224156324
Avg. % change0.12%-0.101%0.1%-0.355%
Standard deviation % change0.6730.9020.551.239
No. of times price has gone up10 10101
No. of times price has gone down1012 43
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
European Shares Tread Tight Range (Reuters)
European stocks edge higher in early deals (AFP)
EU Says Greece to Miss Deficit Targets (AP)
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)
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)

BBC - On This Day
1972: Earthquake wreaks devastation in Nicaragua
Ten thousand people are feared dead after a two-hour earthquake rips through the Nicaraguan capital, Managua.
1956: Jubilation as allied troops leave Suez
The United Nations Emergency Force takes over in Egypt after British and French forces withdraw from Port Said and Port Fuad ending the Suez Crisis.
1992: Queen's Christmas speech leaked
The BBC investigates a leak which led to the Queen's Christmas speech being published in a national newspaper.
1986: Sakharov comes in from the cold
The Soviet Union's most prominent dissident, Andrei Sakharov, has returned to Moscow after almost seven years of internal exile.
1964: Beeching to leave British Railways
Dr Richard Beeching who instigated major and controversial changes to the rail network will quit, says the government.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for December 23

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