UK Stock Market Almanac

Tuesday, January 18, 2005

January 18: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.255 %
Standard deviation1.3
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19845
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19848


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change0.342%0.458%0.219%-4.21%
Standard deviation % change2.0722.9831.47519.978
No. of times price has gone up10 14131
No. of times price has gone down79 73
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
European Shares Edge Lower (Reuters)
EU thrashes out painful reform of budget rules (AFP)
EU ministers spurn call to ease fiscal rules (FT.com)
European Union signals new effort to change business and worker attitudes (Canadian Press)
European stocks enjoy solid start to week (AFP)
EU Translation Costs to Surpass $1B Mark (AP)
German Borrowing Is Lower Than Expected (AP)
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)

On this day
1980 The silver price peaked at $49.48, following its accumulation by the Hunt Brothers. (3 months later the price had fallen below $15.)
1980 The price of gold hit $835 - its historic high.

BBC - On This Day
1967: 'Boston Strangler' sentenced to life
Albert DeSalvo, who says he murdered 13 women, is given a life sentence for assault and armed robbery.
1981: Nine die in Deptford house fire
Nine people are killed and 20 injured in a blaze which engulfed a house early this morning in south London.
1963: Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell dies
Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell dies after a sudden deterioration in his heart condition.
1972: Rhodesia's former leader arrested
Garfield Todd and his daughter, Judith, are seized after violence erupts over Anglo-Rhodesian plans for independence.
1996: Green groups join by-pass battle
Six major environmental organisations add their support to the growing anti-bypass campaign in Newbury, Berkshire.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for January 18

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