January 2: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.092 %
Standard deviation	0.83
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	6
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	7

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change	0.364%	1.036%	0.292%	0.028%
Standard deviation % change	1.694	4.999	2.153	0.352
No. of times price has gone up	7	10	9	2
No. of times price has gone down	7	8	7	2

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

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Yahoo European Business
London in neutral as year end beckons (FT.com)
European Shares Broadly Flat (Reuters)
Euro offers US dollar a respite (AFP)
London shares end at session highs as insurers bounce back from early lows (AFP)
European stocks show late firmness on strong US data (AFP)
Dollar Falls to New Low Vs Euro (Reuters)
Dollar Near Record Low Against Euro (AP)
Turkey set for currency reform to showcase economic progress (AFP)
Euro shoots to record high 1.3548 dollars (AFP)
US threats over EU lifting China arms ban (AFP)
Shares end higher as festive rally continues (AFP)

BBC - On This Day
1971: Sixty-six die in Scottish football disaster
Sixty-six football supporters are killed following a clash between Celtic and Rangers at the Ibrox Park stadium in Glasgow.
1993: Peace Plan for Bosnia
Leaders of the three warring factions in Bosnia are meeting to discuss a peace plan aimed at ending nine months of fighting in the country.
1980: Steel workers strike over pay
Steel workers are staging their first national strike for more than fifty years.
1996: US peacekeepers pour into Bosnia
The first convoy of American combat troops arrives in Northern Bosnia to try to keep the peace between Bosnian Serbs and Muslims.
1969: Murdoch wins Fleet Street foothold
The Australian media magnate, Rupert Murdoch, beats off a rival bid to win control of the News of the World newspaper group. It is his first Fleet Street newspaper.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for January 2