December 25: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day

0 %

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	145	112	201	158
Avg. % change	0.099%	0.244%	0%	0%
Standard deviation % change	0.476	1.171	0	0
No. of times price has gone up	1	1	0	0
No. of times price has gone down	0	0	0	0

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

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Yahoo European Business
Eurostocks End at 2-1/2 Year Highs (Reuters)
European stocks close higher in Christmas Eve trading (AFP)
Euro shoots to record high 1.3548 dollars (AFP)
US threats over EU lifting China arms ban (AFP)
Shares end higher as festive rally continues (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)
Bullish FTSE 100 closes higher (AFP)

BBC - On This Day
1952: Queen makes first Christmas speech
British and Commonwealth listeners hear the Queen's first Christmas broadcast since her accession to the throne.
1974: Cyclone Tracy leaves Darwin devastated
The Australian city of Darwin is wrecked by a powerful cyclone that leaves thousands of people homeless.
1989: Romania's 'first couple' executed
Deposed Romanian president Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena are shot after being found guilty of crimes against the state.
1991: Gorbachev resigns as Soviet Union breaks up
Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union for almost seven years, steps down from office.
1977: Silent film legend Chaplin dies
Charlie Chaplin, the comic genius of silent films, dies at his home in Switzerland at the age of 88.
2003: Mars space probe disappears
Scientists fail to make contact with British-built Mars probe Beagle 2, which should have landed on the Red Planet earlier today.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for December 25