January 1: 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)
Avg. % change	0%	-0.32%	0%	0%
Standard deviation % change	0	1.78	0	0
No. of times price has gone up	0	1	0	0
No. of times price has gone down	0	2	0	0

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

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Yahoo European Business
London in neutral as year end beckons (FT.com)
European Shares Broadly Flat (Reuters)
Euro offers US dollar a respite (AFP)
London shares end at session highs as insurers bounce back from early lows (AFP)
European stocks show late firmness on strong US data (AFP)
Dollar Falls to New Low Vs Euro (Reuters)
Dollar Near Record Low Against Euro (AP)
Turkey set for currency reform to showcase economic progress (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)

BBC - On This Day
1995: Serial killer West found hanged
Fred West, the Gloucestershire builder charged with 12 murders, is found dead in his prison cell.
1973: Britain joins the EEC
The United Kingdom becomes a fully-fledged member of the European Economic Community.
2002: Celebrations as euro hits the streets
Twelve of the European Union's 15 countries wake up to life with a new currency as the euro reaches the streets.
1959: Rebel army drives out Cuban dictator
The President of Cuba, Fulgeneio Batista, flees the country in the face of a relentless advance by the rebel army of Fidel Castro.
1978: Newspaper editor flees South Africa
Newspaper editor Donald Woods arrives in London after fleeing South Africa's apartheid regime.
2000: World celebrates New Millennium
Billions of people around the world welcome in the New Millennium with some of the most spectacular celebrations ever seen.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for January 1