December 6 - FTSE 100 indicators since 1984
Average percentage change for this day: -0.138
Standard deviation : 0.851
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984: 8
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984: 6

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Out of 366 days in a year (including leap years), today is ranked 104 in gold price percentage change performance, with an average positive change in gold price , since 1970, of 0.178 percent.
The day rankings for silver , platinum and paladium are
35 , 248 and 196 respectively.

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Avg. % change	0.178	0.561	-0.095	-0.029
No. of times price has gone up	11	15	9	2
No. of times price has gone down	7	8	10	3
Standard deviation % change	0.916	1.542	0.938	0.885

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

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Yahoo European Business
China to seek end of arms embargo at Sino-EU summit (AFP)
New EU chief seeks rapid deal in budget haggle (AFP)
EU ministers to mull euro surge amid growing concern (AFP)
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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)

BBC - On This Day
1992: Mob rips apart mosque in Ayodhya
A 200,000-strong crowd of Hindu militants tears apart a mosque in the north Indian town of Ayodhya in a frenzy of inter-communal violence.
1978: Spain set to vote for democracy
The people of Spain are voting in a national referendum to endorse a new constitution which could end years of dictatorship.
1983: Transplant makes British medical history
Surgeons have successfully completed the first heart and lung transplant operation to be performed in Britain.
1962: Choking fog spreads across Britain
Emergency services are on standby at every London hospital as thick fog continues to affect public health.
1994: Royal approval for oil drilling at Windsor
The Queen gives the go ahead for oil drilling to take place in the grounds of Windsor Castle.

Wikipedia On This Day
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