January 13: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.155 %
Standard deviation	0.966
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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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change	0.056%	-0.165%	-0.064%	0.267%
Standard deviation % change	0.662	1.379	1.17	1.322
No. of times price has gone up	11	10	7	4
No. of times price has gone down	9	14	13	2

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

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Yahoo European Business
European Shares Up on Earnings Cheer (Reuters)
European stocks weaker in early deals (AFP)
Christmas Sales Help German Confidence (AP)
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
1928 RCA and General Electric installed experimental televisions in three homes in New York. The sets displayed a 1.5 inch picture.
1976 UK applied for a £1 billion loan from the IMF.

BBC - On This Day
1964: Riots in Calcutta leave more than 100 dead
Hindu-Muslim rioting breaks out in the Indian city of Calcutta resulting in the deaths of more than 100 people.
2001: Earthquake devastates Salvador
More than 1,000 people are feared dead after an earthquake strikes the Central American city of San Salvador.
1993: Allies bomb Iraq
American, British and French fighter jets carry out a series of bombing raids over southern Iraq.
2004: Serial killer Shipman found hanged
Harold Shipman, who is believed to have killed more than 200 patients, is found hanged in his prison cell.
1991: Soviet army moves into Lithuania
Around 13 people are killed and at least 140 injured in violent clashes in the capital of Lithuania.
1972: Ghana PM ousted in bloodless coup
An army commander seizes control of Ghana while the prime minister is in London for medical treatment.
1997: Shots heard at besieged embassy in Peru
Peruvian left-wing guerrillas holding 72 hostages open fire on police outside the Japanese Embassy in Lima.

Wikipedia On This Day
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