December 4 - FTSE 100 indicators since 1984
Average percentage change for this day: -0.098
Standard deviation : 0.757
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984: 11
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984: 5

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Out of 366 days in a year (including leap years), today is ranked 319 in gold price percentage change performance, with an average negative change in gold price , since 1970, of -0.239 percent.
The day rankings for silver , platinum and paladium are
160 , 52 and 25 respectively.

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Avg. % change	-0.239	0.092	0.362	0.35
No. of times price has gone up	9	11	16	5
No. of times price has gone down	12	12	4	2
Standard deviation % change	1.555	1.449	1.539	1.4

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

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Yahoo European Business
Euro Reaches New High Against U.S. Dollar (AP)
ITV drops Cazenove as its adviser (FT.com)
Leading shares close lower as US data disappoints (AFP)
Dollar Falls to Another New Low Vs. Euro (AP)
European stocks gain on oil price falls, Intel news (AFP)
New EU finance chief slams call for budget cut (AFP)
Eurozone retail sales rise 0.7 percent in October (AFP)
Chipmakers Pump Up European Stocks (Reuters)
ECB Eyed Rate Hike Despite Weak Growth (Reuters)
Chancellor predicts steady growth in 'election year'(AFP)
Chief Gordon Brown Predicts Strong Growth (AP)

BBC - On This Day
1971: Bomb demolishes crowded Belfast pub
At least 10 people die and 17 are injured after a bomb explodes in McGurk's Bar, a crowded Catholic pub in Belfast.
1991: Last US hostage freed
The final American hostage in Lebanon is released by his captors after almost seven years of captivity.
1983: IRA gunmen shot dead in SAS ambush
Police are searching for an IRA gunman who escaped as two of his colleagues were shot dead by the SAS.
2003: US pulls back from steel trade war
The United States withdraws a punitive tax on imported steel to avoid a damaging trade war between America and Europe.
1961: Birth control pill available to all
Women who wish to take oral contraception may do so on the National Health Service.
1976: 'Genius' composer Benjamin Britten dies
Tributes are being paid to a modest and "brilliant"composer who died today.

Wikipedia On This Day
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