January 14: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.091 %
Standard deviation	1.121
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	6
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	9

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change	0.022%	0.161%	0.108%	-0.188%
Standard deviation % change	1.63	2.219	1.962	2.491
No. of times price has gone up	9	11	10	2
No. of times price has gone down	13	14	11	5

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

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Yahoo European Business
FTSE suffers from falling financial stocks (FT.com)
European Stocks Slip on Crude Gains (Reuters)
German GDP grows in 2004 by 1.7 per cent, strongest growth in four years (Canadian Press)
Shares close higher as ITV, GUS rallies help offet weak Wall St. (AFP)
Dollar Cheered by Trichet Remarks on Asia (Reuters)
Bank of England freezes interest rates as economy stumbles (AFP)
European stocks buoyed by positive company news (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)

On this day
1875 The US passed the Specie Resumption Act, which tried to replace paper currency (""greenbacks"") introduced during the civil war, with gold. The attempt was a failure, as people held on to their greenbacks.
2000 DJIA hit its all-time closing high of 11,722.98.

BBC - On This Day
2002: UK declared free of foot-and-mouth
With no reported cases of foot-and-mouth for three months the UK's farming community can now look to the future.
1975: Heiress Lesley Whittle kidnapped
A 17-year-old heiress is kidnapped from her home in Shropshire while her mother sleeps.
1983: Man shot by police hunting David Martin
A man is critically injured in West London during a police ambush aimed at capturing escaped prisoner David Martin.
1969: Matt Busby retires from Man United
"It's time to make way for a younger man"- Football legend Sir Matt Busby announces he will step down as manager of Manchester United.
1994: Duchess of Kent joins Catholic church
The Duchess of Kent becomes the first member of the Royal Family to convert to Catholicism for more than 300 years.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for January 14