December 26: 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)	198	168	210	159
Avg. % change	0%	0.063%	-0.017%	0%
Standard deviation % change	0	0.296	0.08	0
No. of times price has gone up	0	1	0	0
No. of times price has gone down	0	0	1	0

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

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Yahoo European Business
Turkey set for currency reform to showcase economic progress (AFP)
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)

BBC - On This Day
1988: First clue to Lockerbie crash found
Crash investigators uncover wreckage which may hold the key to the Lockerbie air disaster.
1990: Iranian leader upholds Rushdie fatwa
Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has said the death sentence on writer Salman Rushdie for alleged blasphemy will remain in force.
1979: Joy as guerrillas fly in to Rhodesia
A group of Patriotic Front guerrillas receive a joyous welcome as they arrive back in Rhodesia to help monitor the ceasefire.
1970: 'Golden girl' of British athletics dies
British Olympic medallist Lillian Board MBE has died after losing her battle against a virulent form of cancer.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for December 26