January 16: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.306 %
Standard deviation	0.928
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	0.661%	0.832%	0.116%	-4.12%
Standard deviation % change	2.257	3.177	1.359	19.574
No. of times price has gone up	12	15	10	0
No. of times price has gone down	8	9	11	4

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

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Yahoo European Business
EU Translation Costs to Surpass $1B Mark (AP)
German Borrowing Is Lower Than Expected (AP)
European stocks nudge higher despite Wall Street losses (AFP)
FTSE suffers from falling financial stocks (FT.com)
European Stocks Slip on Crude Gains (Reuters)
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)
Germany will help rebuild Sri Lanka: Fischer (AFP)
Dollar heads for seven week highs against euro (AFP)
CORRECTED: Dollar Firm, European Shares Ease (Reuters)

BBC - On This Day
1979: Shah of Iran flees into exile
The Shah of Iran flees the country following months of increasingly violent protests against his regime.
1981: Gunmen shoot civil rights campaigner
The Northern Ireland civil rights campaigner and former Westminster MP, Bernadette McAliskey, is shot by gunmen at her home in County Tyrone.
2001: Oil tanker endangers eco-paradise
A fuel supply tanker to the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific runs aground off the island of San Cristobal.
1970: Gaddafi takes over as Libya's premier
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi assumes the role of prime minister four months after leading a successful coup against the monarchy.

Wikipedia On This Day
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