UK Stock Market Almanac

Thursday, January 20, 2005

January 20: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day-0.301 %
Standard deviation0.76
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19848
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19846


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change-0.153%-0.671%-0.157%0.176%
Standard deviation % change0.5361.8190.7780.628
No. of times price has gone up8 963
No. of times price has gone down1215 121
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
British ministers hire PR firm to praise EU (FT.com)
European Stocks Edge Up After U.S. Rally (Reuters)
Germany world's largest exporter for second year in row, figures show (Canadian Press)
Luxembourg Confident of Euro Pact (AP)
EU at odds over reform to euro rules (AFP)
Stocks drop amid profit-taking, rising oil prices (AFP)
EU ministers spurn call to ease fiscal rules (FT.com)
European Union signals new effort to change business and worker attitudes (Canadian Press)
EU Translation Costs to Surpass $1B Mark (AP)
Shares close higher as ITV, GUS rallies help offet weak Wall St. (AFP)
Dollar Cheered by Trichet Remarks on Asia (Reuters)

On this day
1972 The UK Government had a majority of 21 in Commons on signing of Treaty of Accession to EEC.

BBC - On This Day
1961: John F Kennedy sworn in as US president
The Democrat John F Kennedy is sworn in as the youngest ever elected president of the United States.
2002: Camp X-Ray pictures spark outrage
Photographs showing al-Qaeda and Taleban suspects shackled and masked are published by the United States military.
1958: Explorers meet at South Pole
Members of the team attempting the first surface crossing of the Antarctic have joined up at the South Pole.
1972: UK unemployment tops one million
The number of people out of work and claiming benefit rises above one million, causing uproar in the House of Commons.
1987: Police crack down on soccer hooligans
Police carry out a series of dawn raids and make 26 arrests in their biggest operation so far against violence in and around football stadiums.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for January 20

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