January 22: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.064 %
Standard deviation	1.189
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	7
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	-1.018%	-0.212%	-0.046%	-3.572%
Standard deviation % change	3.634	3.218	1.315	19.327
No. of times price has gone up	8	12	7	3
No. of times price has gone down	13	12	11	4

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

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Yahoo European Business
EU's Gray Future (Investor's Business Daily)
Shares close in the black on upbeat US earnings (AFP)
Dollar falls on weak US consumer confidence (AFP)
European Shares Down (Reuters)
European stocks steady after Wall Street tumble (AFP)
Eurozone's trade deficit with China soars (FT.com)
British ministers hire PR firm to praise EU (FT.com)
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)
European Union signals new effort to change business and worker attitudes (Canadian Press)

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BBC - On This Day
1990: Gorbachev explains crackdown in Azerbaijan
President Mikhail Gorbachev announces Red Army troops have been sent into the Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.
1962: 'A6 murder' trial begins
James Hanratty, accused of murdering a physicist in a lay-by on the A6, enters a plea of "not guilty".
1980: Soviet dissident Sakharov banished
One of the Soviet Union's most outspoken critics, nuclear physicist Dr Andrei Sakharov, is sent into internal exile for his outspoken views.
1970: Heathrow welcomes first 'jumbo jet'
The first jumbo jet carrying fare-paying passengers arrives at Heathrow airport from New York.
1979: Public sector strike paralyses country
Tens of thousands of public sector workers take part in a day of action - the biggest mass stoppage since 1926 - in support of a claim for more pay.
2001: MMR triple vaccine declared safe
The government launches a £3m campaign to convince parents the controversial MMR triple vaccine is safe.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for January 22