December 7 - FTSE 100 indicators since 1984
Average percentage change for this day: -0.164
Standard deviation : 0.708
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984: 8
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984: 4

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Out of 366 days in a year (including leap years), today is ranked 165 in gold price percentage change performance, with an average positive change in gold price , since 1970, of 0.062 percent.
The day rankings for silver , platinum and paladium are
167 , 105 and 27 respectively.

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Avg. % change	0.062	0.072	0.206	0.336
No. of times price has gone up	11	11	11	4
No. of times price has gone down	9	12	8	0
Standard deviation % change	0.922	2.003	1.052	1.313

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

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Yahoo European Business
European Shares Start Little Changed (Reuters)
European bourses set for cautious open (FT.com)
Eurozone calls for US action as euro soars (AFP)
ECB, Finance Chiefs Issue Euro FX Warning (Reuters)
Best-run companies 'have women on board'(FT.com)
EU Weighs Euro's Rise Against Dollar (AP)
Shares end lower as weak dollar weighs, BAE falls on margin fears (AFP)
Bundesbank cuts forecast for German growth next year (AFP)
Manufacturing output continues to decline in October (AFP)
European stock markets start week on downbeat (AFP)
German manufacturing orders rise in October (AFP)

BBC - On This Day
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Japan launches a surprise attack on American bases in the Pacific and declares it is at war with Britain and the United States.
2001: Taleban surrender Kandahar
The Taleban regime gives up its last Afghan stronghold of Kandahar after weeks of bombardment by US warplanes.
1979: Lord Soames to govern Rhodesia
Lord Soames is named transitional governor of Rhodesia to oversee its progress into legal independence.
1955: Attlee steps down as Labour leader
Mr Attlee resigns as leader of the Labour Party and is made an Earl hours later by the Queen.
1993: Activists lose battle over chestnut tree
Protesters lose a 20-year fight to save a 250-year-old chestnut tree in east London, making way for a motorway extension.
1983: Tomcat halts steeplejack
A cat has climbed to a height of 160ft up an industrial chimney holding up the work of chief chimney-toppler Fred Dibnah.

Wikipedia On This Day
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