UK Stock Market Almanac

Wednesday, January 12, 2005

January 12: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day-0.416 %
Standard deviation0.783
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19848
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19845


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change0.092%-0%0.054%-3.839%
Standard deviation % change1.0912.1071.719.639
No. of times price has gone up13 12103
No. of times price has gone down711 111
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
European Stocks Track Sideways (Reuters)
Christmas Sales Help German Confidence (AP)
European stocks retreat on earnings jitters (AFP)
Germany will help rebuild Sri Lanka: Fischer (AFP)
Dollar heads for seven week highs against euro (AFP)
CORRECTED: Dollar Firm, European Shares Ease (Reuters)
European stocks mixed in early deals: FTSE 100 up 0.03 percent (AFP)
EU urged to heed 'wake up call'after Asian disaster (AFP)
Slovakia Evolves Into European Auto Hub (AP)
London shares close higher as BA soars and insurers extend gains (AFP)
U.S. Dollar Makes Gains Against Euro (AP)

On this day
1897 Gold won out over silver in the US when a congressional committee was charged with developing a financial system based on the burgeoning gold standard.

BBC - On This Day
1971: British minister's home bombed
Two bombs explode at the Hertfordshire home of Employment Secretary Robert Carr causing serious damage.
2001: Climbie carers guilty of murder
The carers of an eight-year-old girl who died after being tortured and fed scraps of food like a dog are found guilty of her murder.
2003: Maurice Gibb dies after stomach op
Bee Gee Maurice Gibb dies aged 53 following a stomach operation at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami.
1966: British politicians assaulted in Rhodesia
Three visiting MPs are attacked by 400 supporters of Prime Minister Ian Smith at a rowdy meeting in Salisbury.
1982: Mark Thatcher missing in Sahara
The British prime minister's son is reported missing in the Sahara desert while taking part in an international motor race.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for January 12

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