UK Stock Market Almanac

Sunday, December 05, 2004

December 5 - FTSE 100 indicators since 1984
Average percentage change for this day: 0.388
Standard deviation : 0.903
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984: 7
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984: 8


Out of 366 days in a year (including leap years), today is ranked 343 in gold price percentage change performance, with an average negative change in gold price , since 1970, of -0.35 percent.
The day rankings for silver , platinum and paladium are
331 , 307 and 97 respectively.



Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Avg. % change-0.35-0.487-0.2490.104
No. of times price has gone up4 963
No. of times price has gone down1614 142
Standard deviation % change0.6721.230.910.986
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
New EU chief seeks rapid deal in budget haggle (AFP)
EU ministers to mull euro surge amid growing concern (AFP)
Eurozone data to show confidence still weak, output on slowing trend (AFP)
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)
Eurozone retail sales rise 0.7 percent in October (AFP)
Chipmakers Pump Up European Stocks (Reuters)
ECB Eyed Rate Hike Despite Weak Growth (Reuters)

BBC - On This Day
1977: Egypt severs ties with Arab hardliners
President Anwar al-Sadat of Egypt breaks all relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria and South Yemen.
1950: Pyongyang taken as UN retreats
Chinese forces fighting for their Korean comrades enter the North Korean capital and push United Nations troops back south.
1989: Thatcher beats off leadership rival
The Prime Minister defeats Sir Anthony Meyer in the first challenge to her leadership of the Conservative Party.
1991: Maxwell business empire faces bankruptcy
Administrators are called in to try to salvage the Maxwell business empire, which is at least £1bn in debt.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for December 5

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